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Fifa crisis: US charges 16 more officials after earlier Zurich arrests



TomandJerry

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Oct 1, 2013
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Sixteen more officials have been charged by US authorities investigating corruption at Fifa.

The new indictment, released by the Department of Justice in Washington, comes hours after the arrest of two Fifa vice-presidents in Zurich.

Former Brazil football federation chief Ricardo Teixeira was among those accused of being "involved in criminal schemes involving well over $200m (£132m) in bribes and kickbacks".

Fifa said it would "fully co-operate".


The current and former senior football executives charged are:

Alfredo Hawit - Fifa vice-president and Concacaf president

Ariel Alvarado - Fifa disciplinary committee member and former Panamanian football chief

Rafael Callejas - former president of Honduras - and its football association

Brayan Jimenez - Guatemala FA chief and member of the Fifa committee for fair play and social responsibility.

Rafael Salguero - Former Fifa executive committee member and Guatemala football chief

Hector Trujillo - general secretary of Guatemala FA

Reynaldo Vasquez - former El Salvador FA president

Juan Angel Napout - Fifa vice-president and Conmebol president

Manuel Burga - Fifa development committee member and former Peru FA president

Carlos Chavez - Conmebol treasurer

Luis Chiriboga - Ecuador football
president

Marco Polo del Nero - Brazil football president

Eduardo Deluca - former Conmebol general secretary

Jose Luis Meiszner - Conmebol general secretary

Romer Osuna - Bolivian Fifa audit and compliance committee member

Ricardo Teixeira - former Brazil FA chief

The numbers

The new 236-page indictment now alleges a total of 27 defendants engaged in a number of schemes involving selling lucrative media and marketing rights to international soccer tournaments and matches, among other valuable rights and properties.

The total number of individuals and entities - such as sports marketing companies - charged to date is now 41. Of those, 12 individuals and two sports marketing companies have already been convicted as a result of the ongoing investigation.

The convicted defendants have agreed to forfeit more than $190m (£125m). And more than $100m (£66m) has been seized in the US and abroad in connection with the alleged criminal activity. The US has also asked 13 other countries to help them seize assets.
 






Bry Nylon

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Jul 21, 2003
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Rotten to it's very core. Systemic corruption runs through the DNA of FIFA and it needs to be dissolved with immediate effect.
 


Pavilionaire

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Jul 7, 2003
30,524
I think for the good of the game FIFA should be disbanded. I wish UEFA would have the balls to offer running a Euro 18 competition instead of the FIFA tournament in Russia.
 




GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
46,489
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At this rate, will they have enough committee members out of prison to make up a quorum? A few more nabbed by police forces around the world and there won't be any FIFA any more!
 


The Fifth Column

Retired ex-cop
Nov 30, 2010
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Escaped from Corruption
The US has the power to declare in the US at least that FIFA can no longer do business there and could suspend all its activities in the US. I'm not sure of the exact wording but believe its something in their legislation to do with racketeering and have seen some reports and suggestions that this is a distinct possibility if this investigation continues to gather pace and more and more indictments are made which is most likely. The killer blow is that were this to happen then every US company would be prohibited from also doing any business with FIFA so that would kill off a large proportion of FIFAs sponsorship income and the knock on effect would likely be catastrophic for FIFA and its finances. I would love to see FIFA go bust as a result and collapse into a financial meltdown. So far I am like many others relishing every single nail slowly being put into FIFAs coffin and the final tipping point and descent into destruction cannot come soon enough. It sounds very much like the FBI really have their tails up and are gunning for FIFA, long may that continue.
 


pastafarian

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Sep 4, 2011
11,902
Sussex
Its staggering to think these :censored: can suck the very soul out of how OUR game is administered.

A couple of F.A.`s from somewhere simply need to grow a pair and resign from any association from FIFA,the domino effect will kill them off.

it doesnt take a rocket scientist to understand the corrupt greed of the FIFA millions/billions has over the last 20 years trickled down to make us, the last in the food chain the unwitting victims of their vast obscene corrupt financial income.

FVCK them and the limo they rode in on.
 




Bevendean Hillbilly

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Multi million pound deals do not sit well among corrupt and impoverished countries. Some of those South American lads are used to fighting all comers for a few pesos.
 


pastafarian

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HitchinSeagull

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Aug 9, 2012
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Multi million pound deals do not sit well among corrupt and impoverished countries. Some of those South American lads are used to fighting all comers for a few pesos.
I very much doubt that, funny how many FIFA officials are millionaires before they join FIFA and are just looking for more money and prestige, I'd hazard a guess that the Guatemalan representatives are from the few ultra rich who commute into Guatemala City by helicopter on a daily basis to prevent kidnap, just look at those running for the presidency the poor ones are millionaires the rich ones billionaires.
 



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