PROFESSIONAL FOUL: Travel agent scams Ronaldo

Football icon Cristiano Ronaldo has been scammed out by a travel agent. Maria Silvia had access to Ronaldo’s credit card details and over a three year period, reportedly charged up to 200 trips to the tune of about £250,000 ($437,150) that the Manchester United player never took.

Players Nani and Manuel Fernandes were also scammed, as was scammed Ronaldo’s super-agent Jorge Mendes of £14,000 ($24,480)

Ronaldo was a victim of Silvia’s scamming spree for three years between February 2007 and July 2010. Using his cards for around 200 trips he never made between Portugal and the US, Africa, and other European countries.

The 53-year-old Silvia was given a four-year suspended prison sentence on Sunday after being earlier convicted by a Porto criminal court in 2017, Sun Sports reported.

Sivia, who currently works as a cleaner, was first interrogated in 2013 before her eventual sentence last Sunday.

As part of her court deal, she had agreed to repay her firm a sum of £7,680 ($13,480) thus avoiding a prison sentence.