Hacker who exposed some of soccer's dirtiest secrets charged in Portugal

The hacker behind the Football Leaks scandal — which exposed tax fraud, corruption, and other wrongdoing at Europe's biggest soccer clubs — was charged in Portugal last Friday. Rui Pinto, the 34-year-old Portuguese national dubbed football’s Edward Snowden for his WikiLeaks-style operation, currently faces 377 different charges, including mail tampering and computer damage, according to

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