Who is Man City whistleblower Rui Pinto and what has become of him?

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The whistleblower who triggered an investigation into Manchester City Football Club, which was found guilty of all but one of 115 charges in breach of Premier League financial misconduct rules this week, will no longer be granted witness protection, it was revealed on Wednesday.

Rui Pinto, 37, founder of the website Football Leaks, obtained private documents that showed City broke league rules from 2009 to 2018. The league said this included using “sham” commercial contracts “to artificially inflate the club’s revenues, and reduce its costs, by more than 900 million pounds ($1.2bn)” with secret funding from its Abu Dhabi-based owners.

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The league also said the investigation found City used schemes that enabled it to appear to be complying with financial rules. City, which could face sanctions ranging from a fine to expulsion from the league, denies wrongdoing and is expected to appeal by Friday.

Pinto has been a protected witness since 2020. So who is he and what happens to him now?

Pinto is a Portuguese computer hacker and activist whose work as a public interest whistleblower has exposed corruption that served as grounds for criminal investigations in several countries.

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