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For any footie fans out there, you may remember Ronaldinho...
In recent years, those flippant decisions have taken a more ominous turn. In 2018, he and Assis received a £2m fine for building a 70-metre pier in an environmental protection area without permission. They refused to pay, so authorities seized 57 properties and the brothers' passports, returning the documents only after reaching a financial agreement. The following year, an ex-fiancee filed a lawsuit for a share of his fortune.
A month before his arrest in March, he was named in a £50m civil lawsuit regarding 18k Ronaldinho, a financial pyramid scheme involving cryptocurrencies. The former player's lawyers deny he is involved.
Unperturbed, he soon after tweeted support for LBLV, an investment firm that had its operating licence suspended the previous year.
And then came news from Paraguay of his arrest alongside Assis for possession of false passports. Detained for 32 days at a high-security prison on the periphery of the capital Asuncion, the pair paid $1.6m bail and were transferred to the luxurious Palmaroga Hotel. They remain there while investigations continue into a possible money laundering network.
"We were totally surprised to find out the documents were not legal," Ronaldinho told Paraguayan newspaper ABC. "All my life I have tried to be as professional as possible and bring joy to people with my football. We hope we can get out of this situation as soon as possible."
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