Understand the scandal with casinos that toppled the premie of Portugal

Concession contracts between the government and the Solverde would be renewed by the end of this year. The Correio da Manhã newspaper also revealed that Montenegro was a lawyer for Solver In negotiations with the state during the penultimate term of former Prime Minister António Costa, who resigned in late November 2023 after being the target of police operation. During the period when Montenegro was the legal representative of the group, the Solver He would have negotiated with the Portuguese government a extension of concession contracts for the exploration of casino games in Algarve and Espinho.

According to the newspaper Expresso, Spinumviva receives from the group Solverde monthly payments since July 2021. The value would be 4,500 euros, more than R $ 28,575 according to the current quotation.

Montenegro was the founder of Spinumviva and owned the largest portion of the company until 2022. At the time, the politician left the company and transferred its quotas to family members. Although Montenegro left the company in 2022, the former premie has been criticized because of a possible conflict of interest, since, being married in the partial communion regime of goods, he would be entitled to the profits of Spinumviva.

Pedro Nuno Santos, secretary general of the Socialist Party and opposition leader, accused Montenegro of “receiving companies’ payments” as a prime minister. Payments of customers of Spinumviva The consultancy were maintained after Montenegro took office.

Montenegro was also accused of irregularities in the purchase of an apartment through the company. THE Spinumviva It would have benefited from a law passed in 2024 that changed the rules on building houses in rural areas.

The Solverde Group revealed that it terminated the contract with the Spinumviva. Montenegro, in turn, announced that his wife sold her shares to her children, who will be the only owners and administrators of the family business.