"Red Card" for 14 FIFA and sports marketing officials

“Red Card” for 14 FIFA and sports marketing officials

Thursday, May 28th 2015 - 00:18 UTC

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The United States Department of Justice brought charges on racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering on 14 FIFA and sports marketing officials. Dubbed the “World Cup of corruption” by Richard Weber, chief of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation unit, the charges are the result of an investigation from the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Eastern New York. Read full article

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Britworker
Well done FBI, although how the hell they don't have enough evidence to go for Blatter I don't know.

Russia and Qatar world cups should be scrapped, there are plenty of nations with the facilities ready to go that could take the cup at short notice.
May 28th, 2015 - 03:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
Good news, especially that José Marin will be prosecuted for corruption.....as so should his predecessor , Ricardo Teixeira, president of the Brazilian Football Conferderation befor Marin. I ran into Ricardo Teixeira a couple of times in airports (in São Paulo and in Miami), and just to see this corrupt, stuck-up little prick, strutting around with his security detail trailing right behind him, made me feel like kicking him in the nuts.....
May 28th, 2015 - 05:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Klingon
Who would have thought an old black woman could be the most influential person in football right now.
Maybe some people get Nismanized out of this.
May 28th, 2015 - 06:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Enrique Massot
Long overdue, but a welcome move anyway. The amounts of money that have been going under the table are simply astounding and one more sign of corruption at financial institutions without which those huge sums could not be used to pay bribes without being noticed.
The HSBC case comes to mind in which funds from customers residing in different countries were channeled to secret Swiss accounts.
May 28th, 2015 - 06:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
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Facts or fiction? your call just prove it.
May 29th, 2015 - 04:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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