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For: EFE Posted Jan 28, 2023, 8:20 am EST
neymarstriker of the Brazilian team, will be called to testify as a witness in the framework of a case that investigates the purchase of jewelry of alleged illegal originreported this Friday the Police of Brasilia.
Neymar’s name appears on an invoice as a buyer of some jewelry of apparent illicit originwhich was allegedly sold to him by Eduardo Rodrigues Silva, one of the three detainees in the investigations.
The case investigates a network dedicated to illegal loans, money laundering and the illegal trade of jewels and precious stoneswhich operated in a clandestine casino.
Commissioner Fernando Cocito said at a press conference that Police want to hear Neymaras a witness, to know “first, if he really received those jewels, if he has them and what were the values” paid.
The invoice on which the name of the Paris Saint-Germain footballer appears indicates a value of 106,000 reais (about $21,200 dollars).
Also, the police want to know if Neymar knew the origin of the jewels that Eduardo Rodrigues Silva supposedly gave himwho frequently appears on the footballer’s social networks.
“Considering the strong indications that the jewels sold by Eduardo are of criminal origin, we understood that it is necessary to have the player version”said the commissioner.
During the operation in Brasilia, three people were arrested, two cars and a luxury boatresidences, jewelry stores and a clandestine poker casino were raided and some $3.2 million dollars in the accounts of the investigated.
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