A Briton accused of running a World Cup ticket touting operation has handed himself in to a judge in Brazil, it is understood.
Police in Rio de Janeiro had said they considered Ray Whelan to be "on the run" after he left his hotel in the city, although his company denied he was a fugitive.
Sky sources understand he presented himself to a judge on Monday afternoon, before he was handed over to police.
He will now be transferred to Rio de Janeiro's main prison complex of Bangu, where the other 10 suspects in the Fifa hospitality ticket touting scam are being held.
His lawyers released a statement that quoted Mr Whelan as saying: "I will finally start my defence".
Mr Whelan was first arrested last week on the basis of telephone taps in which he was heard discussing $25,000 (£14,500) cash deals for ticket packages with Lamine Fofana, an Algerian suspected of being the conduit for hundreds of tickets.
He was released on bail last Tuesday, but two days later a judge approved an arrest warrant, a precursor to his being formally charged.
Officers went to his hotel, the upmarket Copacabana Palace, but found he had left by a staff entrance an hour earlier.
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