Meet the man who downed Man City: Pinto STILL in prison http://www.sportvectru.com/meet-the-man-who-downed-man-city-pinto-still-in-prison/ Football Leaks hacker Rui Pinto - the man who exposed Manchester City's breaking of Financial Fair Play rules - remains in prison awaiting a court case. Pinto hacked his way into club emails from his Portugal home in 2015 and then passed them on to the media and sparked the investigation into City's finances. Despite being widely praised by the football world, Pinto was arrested and sent to prison, and will face a trial for 90 different counts of hacking sabotage and fraud. Pinto was denied an appeal on Thursday and has been in jail since last March, while awaiting a verdict by the Lisbon Court of Appeal. News of UEFA's decision to ban City from the Champions League for the next two seasons saw Pinto's name start trending with the hashtag #freePinto on Friday night. Borussia Dortmund fans even held aloft a banner appealing for authorities to drop the case and allow Pinto to walk free Football Leaks was created back in 2015 and has exposed everything from tax fraud to clubs breaching FFP. Details: http://www.sportvectru.com/meet-the-man-who-downed-man-city-pinto-still-in-prison/ #freepinto #freepinto #freepint #freepinto #freepinto #freepinto #freepinto #freepints #freepinto https://www.instagram.com/p/B8qRxlvptta/?igshid=k5so678whztc
