The lawsuit was filed by Erick Paiva, a man who lost his savings, R$62,000 (US$ 11,100), after betting on the platform motivated by videos from influencers who, according to him, promoted the illusion of easy earnings. He claims that the videos showed training accounts and not real ones, which led him to believe in false promises of profit.
Paiva also claims that he managed to use this demonstration platform, turning 1,000 fictitious euros into more than one million, which reinforced his sense of trust. His lawyers claim that the influencers used his image to convey a sense of reliability and security, attaching prints of posts by Neymar, Felipe Neto and others as evidence.
The court granted a 15-day deadline for the contracts to be presented, but has denied, for now, the disclosure of the influencers' digital account statements. Erick, who requested free legal aid, is also requesting compensation of R$1 million (US$ 180,000). So far, Neymar and Felipe Neto have not responded to the request for comment.
In parallel, Blaze has already faced other investigations. Last year, the São Paulo court blocked R$101 million (US$ 18.15m) from the company after reports that high prizes were not being paid to bettors, raising suspicions of fraud.
Blaze was also the target of a court order to take its website offline, but the decision was not complied with, since the company has no headquarters or legal representatives in Brazil.
Source: GMB
