Lindemberg Alves Fernandes is convicted of all 12 crimes with which he is charged, and sentenced to 98 years and 10 months of imprisonment; Brazilian law meant that this would be limited to 30 years.[2]
February 29: Federal Police arrest 31 people suspected of hacking slot machines in Goiás, including businessman Carlos Augusto Ramos and Carlinhos Cachoeira.[5]
August 8: The sixth annual International Female Orgasm Day is celebrated. The holiday was established by José Arimatéia Dantas Lacerda of Esperantina.[13][14]
^"Match Report"(PDF). FIFA. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. December 16, 2012. Archived from the original(PDF) on December 22, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2012.