Berezovsky is suspected of fraud in the financing of the Corinthians soccer club in Sao Paolo. According to investigators, an investment group he helped establish, Media Sports Investments (MSI), took part in illegal financial transactions and money laundering.
In addition to Berezovsky, authorities also accuse the president of the Corinthians club, Alberto Dualib, and the head of MSI, Kia Joorabchian, of financial conspiracy.
Authorities began investigating the financing of the Corinthians soccer club shortly after it concluded a partnership agreement with MSI and bought several prominent players in 2005. That year, the club won Brazil's national soccer championship.
Berezovsky, who lives as a political exile in Great Britain, is also wanted on embezzlement and sedition charges in Russia. However, British authorities have repeatedly rejected Russian requests for his extradition.
