Police arrest hacker accused of stealing from Neymar

PARIS, Feb 11 (Reuters): Brazilian police have arrested a man they believe hacked into Neymar's bank accounts and repeatedly stole small sums of money amounting to more than $40,000, officials in Sao Paulo said.

Police said the alleged hacker worked at an unnamed bank where the Paris St Germain and Brazil player and his business manager father had accounts.

They arrested the 20-year-old on Wednesday "for defrauding bank clients", a police statement said.

Although the police did not name the player in the statement, the officer in charge of the case said it was Neymar and explained how the alleged theft occurred to Brazilian TV show Brasil Urgente.