If confirmed the decision means that the 71-year-old will stand trial over the allegations alongside compatriot Kevin Mallon, the director of THG Sports – one of two agencies at the centre of the controversy.
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The judge also said the conditions applied to the eight other people charged in the case, though none are now in Brazil.
Judge Juliana Leal de Melo, from the Special Court for Supporters and Large Events, has in the last hour accepted the charges forwarded by public prosecutor Marcus Kac on Tuesday.
The case is not expected to be heard in court for several months.
The court has also retained their passports, ordered that the men remain in Brazil and enforced a 10pm curfew.
The 10 must appear in court once a month, respect a 10 p.m. curfew, and can not attend any of the Paralympic events in Rio.
Mr Hickey and the others accused have denied any wrongdoing.
Police this week provided more details of what they claim was a lucrative ticket-touting scheme that saw OCI tickets passed to British company THG, which was not authorised to sell tickets or ticketed hospitality at the Rio Games.
It is alleged by Brazilian police, however, that Pro10, who were selected, were just a front operation to hide THG’s involvement.
Recently under pressure in the Russian doping scandal, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach now faces further problems with Brazilian police wanting to call him as a witness in a suspected Olympic ticket scam.
Mark Adams, Bach’s spokesman, denied in an email sent to all 97 International Olympic Committee members – and obtained by insidethegames – that they were refusing to cooperate with the police in Brazil.
“Neither the IOC nor the IOC President have been contacted by any Brazilian authority concerning a request for information”, the IOC said in a Friday statement.
Mr Hickey was released three days later by a state judge who did not impose similar conditions.
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Bach caused a stir this week by failing to turn up for the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Rio on Wednesday.
