Football Leaks whistleblower walks ‘free’
Rui Pinto found guilty of attempted extortion and illegitimate acces The heated debate over whether computer genius Rui Pinto – the young man behind the Football Leaks ‘scandal’ that exposed
Trial into Football Leaks: Rui Pinto may benefit from Papal amnesty
Grinding on and on in the courts, it now appears that the complicated Football Leaks trial may come to nothing – thanks to its main protagonist, nothing short of an
Public Prosecution Service seeks jail-term for Football Leaks whistleblower
PJ boss Luís Neves has described Rui Pinto as “a young man with serious concerns about society” After endless twists and turns, Portugal’s public prosecution service has stuck to its
Raids on football clubs and businessmen stem from information from young computer genius
The multiple swoops by tax authorities and the public ministry on various Portuguese football clubs over the last few days are all down to information from ‘computer genius’ Rui Pinto,
Young Football and Luanda Leaks whistleblower finally released from preventive custody
Rui Pinto, the young computer genius behind Football Leaks (click here) and Luanda Leaks (click here) is at last a free man today after no less than 18 months in
Public Ministry drops five cases against Portuguese ‘hacker’ Rui Pinto
The Public Ministry has dropped five of the cases it had running against the young computer genius so often dubbed by the national press as a ‘hacker’. Rui Pinto, 31,
PJ police chief wants ‘whistleblowers’ charter’
PJ police chief Luís Neves has come close to proposing a whistleblowers’ charter, thus supporting a fleeting announcement made earlier this year by justice minister Francisca Van Dunem (click here).
Whistleblower released from jail in exchange for ‘secrets’
Whistleblower Rui Pinto – the young Portuguese computer ‘genius’ who exposed scandals that have become known as Football Leaks and Luanda Leaks – is finally out of jail after more
Lawyers acting for “very important European whistleblower” go after Portugal
Lawyers acting for 31-year-old whistleblower Rui Pinto – the young man who exposed the rot in the world of football (Football Leaks) and leaked hundreds of thousands of incriminating documents
Whistleblower who exposed US spy programme to testify at trial of Rui Pinto
Edward Snowden, the former CIA systems analyst turned whistleblower on global spy programmes, is to testify for the defence at the upcoming trial of Rui Pinto. Pinto has been hailed