How Female Travel Agent Scammed Cristiano Ronaldo Of £250,000
Faith Ukanwa
Sep 20, 2021
A travel agent, Maria Silvia scammed Manchester United striker, Cristiano Ronaldo, out of £250,000 (about N140 million) after the football star entrusted her with his credit cards and pin.
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The 53-year-old travel agent also scammed Ronaldo's super-agent Jorge Mendes of £14,000 and Manchester United winger, Nani, of over £1,500.
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Due to her wrongdoing, Silvia got a four-year suspended prison sentence on Sunday after being earlier convicted by a Porto criminal court in 2017.
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It was also revealed that Ronaldo was targeted for three years between February 2007 and July 2010.
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The paper read, "Afterwards the travel agent had to plug the hole in the firm's accounts. She, therefore, began to bill those trips to Cristiano Ronaldo, who had an account at Geostar and for practical reasons, handed the agent a virtual credit card and pin code. It was a green route to taking money out.ÔÇØ
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Quoting a renowned Portuguese daily Jornal de Noticias, Sun Sports reported that the 36-year-old Ronaldo submitted a statement to the police after flying to the court to meet up with his lawyer.
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The travel agent, who currently works as a cleaner, was first interrogated in 2011 before her eventual sentence on Sunday, September 19, 2021.
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As part of her court deal, she had agreed to repay her firm a sum of £7,680 sparing her prison sentence.
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