The Brazilian football referee Edílson Pereira de Carvalho was detained by the Brazilian Federal Police on Saturday in Jacareí , a city 78 kilometers from São Paulo . According to the Public Prosecution Service, he refereed games in a partial manner so that only predetermined teams could win. The businessman Nagib Fayad was also detained in São Paulo. Both are suspected of being part of a group suspected of manipulating games in order to profit through million dollar bets on sport bettings websites. Brazilian prosecutor Roberto Porto said that investigators have 20 thousand hours of taped phone conversations back to October 2004 and that they have no doubt that Carvalho was frauduently refereeing football games. On Saturday the referee told Federal Police that he favored various football teams while he administered games during the Liberators of the Americas Cup, Paulista Championship ,  and the Brazilian championship .
The Brazilian football referee was detained by the on Saturday in , a city 78 kilometers from . According to the Public Prosecution Service, he refereed games in a partial manner so that only predetermined teams could win. The businessman was also detained in São Paulo. Both are suspected of being part of a group suspected of manipulating games in order to profit through million dollar bets on sport bettings websites. Brazilian prosecutor said that investigators have 20 thousand hours of taped phone conversations back to October 2004 and that they have no doubt that Carvalho was fraudulently refereeing football games. On Saturday the referee told Federal Police that he favored various football teams while he administered games during the , , and the .
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Edílson Pereira de Carvalho
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Brazilian Federal Police
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Jacareí
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São Paulo
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Nagib Fayad
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Roberto Porto
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frauduently
fraudulently
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Liberators of the Americas Cup, Paulista Championship
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Brazilian championship