Police are investigating an online platform that controls the airplane game
A single digital platform had more than R$100 million blocked by the courts and police collected evidence that bettors were not receiving the prizes.
Crash, known as “Aviãozinho Game”, is one of the main games on the Blaze platform. As soon as the plane begins to fly, the winning value increases and the bettor has to decide when to abort the flight if the word “Crashed” appears before then, the bet is lost.
The game, like other games offered by Blaze, is illegal in Brazil. Penalties for the practice can affect companies, bettors and those who promote it various influencers on social networks.
São Paulo police began investigating Blaze after bettors reported higher winnings from the platform not being paid out, raising suspicions of embezzlement.
“In the end I won a lot of money, more than R$100,000. I managed to withdraw R$20,000. The rest stayed there. And it was one manipulation after the other,” says one of the victims.
“There was a day when I saw that I was paying a lot and I said: 'I will put an amount of R$2,800 on the platform'. I got a return of 98,000. When I tried, “If you withdraw this R$ 98,000, they say that I cheated the platform and withdrew the money from my account,” says another.
In the same decision that blocked R101 million from Blaze, the court ordered the website to be taken offline, but the court order had no effect. One of the email addresses used by the platform even stopped working, but others replaced it and the online gaming service continued as normal. The problem is that the company has neither a headquarters nor a legal representative here in Brazil, making it difficult for the police to reach those responsible.
Also according to police, financial reports included in the investigation indicate that part of the money collected by Blaze is intended for three Brazilians. They would be the hidden owners of the company.
The lawyers hired by Blaze to handle this case claim that the company is based in Curaçao and that its activities therefore do not constitute a crime, even if the bettors are Brazilian; and that in another similar case, the SP prosecutor's office requested that the investigation be closed and a judge overturned the decision to block the website.
All influencers featured in the report are being investigated and have been contacted by the Fantastic.
Viih Tube said that when he learned of the allegations against Blaze, he requested termination of their contract with the company.
Juju Ferrari also said that he is no longer promoting Blaze and that their relationship was just for publicity.
The Jon Vlogs advisor states that he has had a contract with Blaze since 2021 and that the relationship is solely that of an influencer, with no involvement.
In a statement, actress Mel Maia explains through her lawyers that she has no knowledge of any investigation related to the website, as she was only hired to carry out promotional activities and that she will wait for the outcome of the investigation to do so appropriate measures.
Rico Melquiades, MC Kauan and Juju Salimeni did not return the contact.
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