Portuguese Benfica President Luis Felipe Vieira has been placed under house arrest, reports AP.

According to the source, the 72-year-old Portuguese will be under house arrest until he pays bail in the amount of 3.5 million euros..

We will remind, Vieira was arrested after the initiation of a criminal case on fraud, tax evasion and money laundering. The functionary himself denies all charges, as well as three other arrested people..

Vieira has been president of the Eagles since 2003 and Rui Costa will be acting president of Benfica at the time of his arrest..

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