Rui pinto

Financial Fair Play: The large cloud that hangs above the heads of Manchester City’s period of dominance grows even darker as the hacker behind the 'Football Leaks scandal' Rui Pinto has claimed he has handed five hard drives to French and German authorities with millions of documents which will find 'criminal relevancy' agianst the club.

Manchester City have 115 financial fair play FFP charges for failure to provide accurate financial information. These charges include failure to provide accurate details for player and manager payments, failure to comply with UEFA's rules including Financial Fair Play, breaching Premier League's PSR rules, failure to cooperate with Premier League investigations and are expected to face a hearing for alleged financial irregularities.

The Portuguese national Pinto has been under witness protection since 2020. Despite being found guilty of attempted extortion and unauthorised access to data. He received a four-year suspended sentence from a Portuguese court last year and avoided prison.