In 2005

In 2005, 11 Brasileirão games were canceled and played again after Mafia do Apito was discovered. Judges Edílson Pereira de Carvalho and Paulo José Danelon whistled in order to change the results of the games and favor gamblers. Businessman Nagib Fayad was named as the mastermind of the mafia. After playing again two canceled matches that he had lost, Corinthians won the championship. As at the time, sports fraud was not considered a crime, the Court of Justice of São Paulo suspended the process.
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