A court in Brazil's Federal District has sentenced four people for a scheme to fix results in the 2024 Brasiliense Football Championship. Businessman William Pereira Rogatto, identified as the leader, received 13 years and six months in prison. He admitted profiting from defeats in testimony before the Senate.
The Federal District Court in Brazil convicted four individuals for involvement in a criminal organization that manipulated match outcomes in the 2024 Brasiliense Football Championship. William Pereira Rogatto was singled out as the leader and sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison.
In testimony before the Senate's CPI on Match-Fixing and Sports Betting in 2024, Rogatto openly confessed his method. “I don’t make money by winning the game, I make money by losing the game, by throwing the game,” he stated, noting he was known as the “King of Relegation.”
Judge Germano Oliveira Henrique de Holanda underscored the severity of Rogatto's actions. The judge noted that the businessman co-opted the Santa Maria club, leveraging its economic vulnerability to engineer artificial defeats. This conduct affected the club as a whole.
