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  U.S. indicts world soccer officials in alleged $150 million FIFA bribery scandal
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Last EditedIndyGeorgia  May 27, 2015 10:05am
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AuthorMichael E. Miller and Fred Barbash
MediaNewspaper - Washington Post
News DateWednesday, May 27, 2015 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe Justice Department unsealed a 47 count indictment early Wednesday charging 14 world soccer figures, including officials of FIFA, with racketeering, bribery, money laundering and fraud. Four of those accused, including two sports marketing companies, have already pleaded guilty and are likely to be cooperating.

Among the “alleged schemes,” said the Justice Department, were kickbacks to FIFA officials by executives and companies involved in soccer marketing and “bribes and kickbacks in connection” with “the selection of the host country for the 2010 World Cup and the 2011 FIFA presidential election,” the Justice Department said.

Swiss prosecutors, in a related announcement, said they had opened criminal proceedings against unidentified individuals on suspicion of mismanagement and money laundering related to the awarding of rights to host the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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