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If there is a player who loves to spend money, he is, without a doubt, Adriano Imperador. From customizing a luxury car with a 'trademark' to showing off his mansion on social media, the former athlete spares no effort to show his luxury life. However, as the saying goes, "who sees the face, does not see the heart". In the case of Adriano Imperador, it's more like "those who see social networks, don't see the financial situation". <\/p>\n<\/div>
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With the comparison made, you can already understand that Adriano Imperador is another rich Brazilian who lost almost everything, right? Despite having made a fortune in the years he played in Europe and Flamengo, the former player is having financial problems, having to sell some of his assets, such as a black speedboat, which was highly valued, and his old mansion in Milan . <\/p>\n<\/div>
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In addition, he lent his jet valued at R$ 3.5 million to singer Alexandre Pires so that he does not have to bear the monthly expenses of the aircraft. In other words, Adriano Imperador is definitely far from being at his best financial moment\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>
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10. Emerson Fittipaldi<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Formula 1 is one of the sports championships that earn the most money for its athletes. No wonder, it is not uncommon to come across cases of multimillionaire pilots, as is the case of Lewis Hamilton, considered one of the highest earners in the world of sport. <\/p>\n<\/div>
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What is strange, however, is seeing cases of champion drivers going bankrupt \u2013 and that is precisely what is happening with Emerson Fittipaldi. The two-time F-1 world champion contracted a debt of more than 550 thousand reais and, due to this financial problem, had his accounts blocked. And what scares the most about all this: they were all zeroed!<\/p>\n<\/div>
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We reached the final stretch of our list of rich Brazilians who lost almost everything, but there is still a lot to come! Among the next names are famous businessmen, artists, former owners of large companies and even a former player of the Brazilian national team. Check out!<\/p>\n<\/div>
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11. Ronaldinho Gaucho<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
At the beginning of 2020, Ronaldinho Ga\u00facho, a former player for the Brazilian national team, was involved in a huge scandal in Paraguay along with his brother Roberto Assis, where they were carrying false passports, both of them going to prison. In a decision by Judge Gustavo Amarilla, upon payment of US$1.6 million in bail, the pair were released from the Agrupaci\u00f3n Especializada in Asunci\u00f3n, where they were being held, and were transferred to the Hotel Palmaroga, chosen by the prosecution. <\/p>\n<\/div>
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By having to disburse this millionaire amount to be released, Ronaldinho Ga\u00facho stuck his foot in bankruptcy, which was already close by. Months before being arrested in Paraguay, there were already news that the former player was in the worst. According to the newspaper Folha de S\u00e3o Paulo, he has 57 properties blocked, 4 of which are pledged, by the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul. <\/p>\n<\/div>
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The court decision was an attempt to make the player pay an environmental fine of R$ 9.5 million due to a work without an environmental license carried out on his site, in Rio Grande do Sul. In addition, Ga\u00facho has R$ 7.8 million in protests in 3 registry offices in Porto Alegre. That is, if the former athlete's situation was already critical before he was arrested, imagine, then, how it is now...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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12. Valesca Popozuda<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Although she denies that she is bankrupt, Valesca Popozuda is part of the group of wealthy Brazilians who have lost almost everything. As some would say, talking even a parrot talks, but against evidence there are no arguments \u2013 and this is precisely the case of the successful funk artist. <\/p>\n<\/div>
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Recently, Valesca Popozuda left Recreio, an upscale area of the city of Rio de Janeiro, and went to live in the neighborhood of Aboli\u00e7\u00e3o, in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. It was from this sudden change that the news that the funk artist was bankrupt began. Before the coronavirus paused the artists' concert schedule, it was already noted that Valesca had no scheduled shows. <\/p>\n<\/div>
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According to the newspaper \u201cExtra\u201d, due to this critical moment of her career, she had to lower the value of her salary, but even so, she was facing difficulties in finding contractors. Will the scenario change after this health crisis passes and the concert schedule returns to normal? <\/p>\n<\/div>
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13. Civita Brothers<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
In fact, in this case, it is not a single person, but two: Roberto and Richard Civita, former owners of Grupo Abril, which was inherited by their father and founder, Victor Civita. As a result of the poor management and dubious editorial quality of the Civita brothers, Grupo Abril, which was once among the largest in Latin America, ran the serious risk of closing its doors.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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The administrative disaster of the Abril Group's heirs led to a situation of financial collapse, fueled by debts and bad deals that resulted in millionaire losses and hundreds of layoffs. On July 19, 2018, the Civita brothers left the command of Grupo Abril, and, in the following month, the company announced its request for judicial recovery after accumulating debts in the amount of R$ 1.6 billion. With all that said, there's no way Roberto and Richard Civita wouldn't be on our list of rich Brazilians who lost almost everything.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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14. Edemar Cid Ferreira<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Edemar Cid Ferreira is a Brazilian economist and banker, most notable for having been a director of Banco Santos. At the time he owned the banking institution, the businessman managed to raise a good fortune, but that did not last long in his hand. He lost a large part of his assets after being arrested in 2006 for fraudulent management and financial crimes, which would have led the entity under his command to bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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After leaving losses of around R$ 1 billion, the former owner of Banco Santos had his assets seized, with his former mansion of just over 8000 m\u00b2 recently sold for R$ 27.5 million. According to lawyer Pedro Amorim, director of the company D1 Lance Leil\u00f5es, responsible for the mansion bidding, the former banker's house has a symbolic value for the bankrupt estate of Banco Santos, which now awaits the auction of the bank's loan portfolio valued at R$ 3 billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>