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FIFA Corruption Scandal

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They will be fine

 

Nah, 4 people already pleaded guilty and the shit isnt even underway.... The snitching will be crazy

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The full indictment: 

 

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nine-fifa-officials-and-five-corporate-executives-indicted-racketeering-conspiracy-and

 

The Indicted Defendants

As set forth in the indictment, the defendants and their co-conspirators fall generally into three categories: soccer officials acting in a fiduciary capacity within FIFA and one or more of its constituent organizations; sports media and marketing company executives; and businessmen, bankers and other trusted intermediaries who laundered illicit payments.

Nine of the defendants were FIFA officials by operation of the FIFA statutes, as well as officials of one or more other bodies:

  • Jeffrey Webb: Current FIFA vice president and executive committee member, CONCACAF president, Caribbean Football Union (CFU) executive committee member and Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) president.

  • Eduardo Li: Current FIFA executive committee member-elect, CONCACAF executive committee member and Costa Rican soccer federation (FEDEFUT) president.

  • Julio Rocha: Current FIFA development officer.  Former Central American Football Union (UNCAF) president and Nicaraguan soccer federation (FENIFUT) president.

  • Costas Takkas: Current attaché to the CONCACAF president.  Former CIFA general secretary.

  • Jack Warner: Former FIFA vice president and executive committee member, CONCACAF president, CFU president and Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) special adviser.

  • Eugenio Figueredo: Current FIFA vice president and executive committee member.  Former CONMEBOL president and Uruguayan soccer federation (AUF) president.

  • Rafael Esquivel: Current CONMEBOL executive committee member and Venezuelan soccer federation (FVF) president.

  • José Maria Marin: Current member of the FIFA organizing committee for the Olympic football tournaments.  Former CBF president.

  • Nicolás Leoz: Former FIFA executive committee member and CONMEBOL president.

            Four of the defendants were sports marketing executives:

  • Alejandro Burzaco: Controlling principal of Torneos y Competencias S.A., a sports marketing business based in Argentina, and its affiliates.

  • Aaron Davidson: President of Traffic Sports USA Inc. (Traffic USA).

  • Hugo and Mariano Jinkis: Controlling principals of Full Play Group S.A., a sports marketing business based in Argentina, and its affiliates.

And one of the defendants was in the broadcasting business but allegedly served as an intermediary to facilitate illicit payments between sports marketing executives and soccer officials:

  • José Margulies:  Controlling principal of Valente Corp. and Somerton Ltd.

 

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FBI conference on on now...

 

This FBI woman sounds like a robot

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Hopefully they strip all world cup titles off countries that paid theyre way to winning it

Starting with 1966

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#BREAKING Russia slams 'illegal' use of US law in FIFA probe

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Hopefully they strip all world cup titles off countries that paid theyre way to winning it

Starting with 1966

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Teflon Blatter

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The long arm of American law enforcement first caught up with what US attorney general Loretta Lynch calls international football’s “rampant, systemic and deep-rooted” corruption racket while chasing a mobility scooter down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

 

Inside the scooter was Chuck Blazer, a suburban soccer dad who had risen near to the top of the sport’s governing body, Fifa, and by 2011 was living the high life in two apartments above Fifa’s regional office in nearby Trump Tower: one for him and one, reputedly, for his cats

 

“We can take you away in handcuffs now, or you can cooperate,” said one of two agents, according to a vivid account of the incident first published by the New York Daily News last November. Just how cooperative Blazer proved only became apparent on Wednesday, as plainclothed Swiss police acting on behalf of the FBI burst into the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich at dawn to arrest seven other Fifa officials and reveal charges against seven further defendants.

 

The detailed indictment against Blazer unsealed on Wednesday revealed they had assembled specific allegations of his involvement in bribes related to the selection of World Cup host countries going back to the early 1990s.

 

Facing a 20-year jail sentence just for the most serious charge of racketeering, Blazer agreed to plead guilty to a total of 10 counts – including wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering, income tax and banking offences – in the hope of more lenient treatment.

Though unconfirmed by prosecutors this week, the Daily News report suggests Blazer even agreed to secretly record future meetings with Fifa officials, allegedly carrying a recording device hidden in a keyring to London’s May Fair hotel during the 2012 Olympic Games.

But Blazer was not the only big fish to succumb to threats from prosecutors. The two adult children of Jack Warner, a former Fifa regional president and Trinidad and Tobago politician charged under this week’s indictment, were caught in equally colourful circumstances.

Unsealed charges against Daryan and Daryll Warner, who have both pleaded guilty to a variety of fraud and money laundering charges, reveal how their involvement in processing $600,000 in cash from alleged Fifa bribes was picked up in the US banking system.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/27/fifa-arrests-corruption-loretta-lynch-chuck-blazer

 

Potential 20yr sentences. No wonder guys are flipping. Interesting they've been pursuing this for years building up a case capturing certain people and turning them. I think Blatter will survive getting pulled in, but his reign is probably over as president. 

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The long arm of American Law enforcement yh

 

It's all political man

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Wouldnt be so sure on blatters reign being over, the guy is stubborn as fuck and the developing nations will still back him

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Wouldnt be so sure on blatters reign being over, the guy is stubborn as f*ck and the developing nations will still back him

 

Because he provides the personal funds....

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This has more to do with usa v russia then blatter or fifa

Like usa cares about football

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Well they care they spent money to lose out on a fix.

Would be interesting to see how USA won the '94 World Cup tho...

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Well they care they spent money to lose out on a fix.

Would be interesting to see how USA won the '94 World Cup tho...

 

They got it because FIFA wanted the USA to bring back MLS as they wanted in on the huge american market & sponsorship oppurtunities

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Visa’s Updated Statement on FIFA

May 27, 2015

Our disappointment and concern with FIFA in light of today’s developments is profound.  As a sponsor, we expect FIFA to take swift and immediate steps to address these issues within its organization. This starts with rebuilding a culture with strong ethical practices in order to restore the reputation of the games for fans everywhere. 

Visa became a sponsor of FIFA because the World Cup is one of the few truly global sporting events with the power to unite people from around the world through a common love of football.  Our sponsorship has always focused on supporting the teams, enabling a great fan experience, and inspiring communities to come together and celebrate the spirit of competition and personal achievement – and it is important that FIFA makes changes now, so that the focus remain on these going forward. Should FIFA fail to do so, we have informed them that we will reassess our sponsorship.

- See more at: http://visacorporate.tumblr.com/post/120062181438/visas-updated-statement-on-fifa#sthash.UBcoeFIA.dpuf

 

Blatter is finished 

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Well they care they spent money to lose out on a fix.

Would be interesting to see how USA won the '94 World Cup tho...

 

They got it because FIFA wanted the USA to bring back MLS as they wanted in on the huge american market & sponsorship oppurtunities

 

 

Yeah thats what THEY tell you... Same way they sharing the game globally in Qatar, hey? 8-)

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Well they care they spent money to lose out on a fix.

Would be interesting to see how USA won the '94 World Cup tho...

They got it because FIFA wanted the USA to bring back MLS as they wanted in on the huge american market & sponsorship oppurtunities

Yeah thats what THEY tell you... Same way they sharing the game globally in Qatar, hey? 8-)

lol alie
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Platini asked Sepp to resign but Sepp doesn't want to

Said very big majority of UEFA nations will vote for Prince Ali

Press conference on SSN

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Platini asked Sepp to resign but Sepp doesn't want to

Said very big majority of UEFA nations will vote for Prince Ali

Press conference on SSN

 

Asia/Africa/Concacaf will all vote blatter tho so hell still take it.

 

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Fifa president Sepp Blatter likened to Jesus & Nelson Mandela

 

Sepp Blatter has been likened to Jesus, Nelson Mandela and Winston Churchill as 10 Concafaf members gave their backing to the incumbent for the Fifa presidency elections in May.

The declarations were made at the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) congress.

Dominican Republic FA president Osiris Guzman compared the Swiss to iconic historical figures, also including Moses, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King.

 

"Membership is sending a message that we continue to support Blatter," said Concafaf president Jeffrey Webb.

Blatter is one of four candidates.

 

The others are ex-Portugal international Luis Figo, Dutch FA chief Michael van Praag and Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, who, along with Blatter, were all present at Thursday's congress, but did not give speeches.

 

The Trinidad & Tobago Football Association praised Blatter, 79, as the "father of football".

 

The heads of football federations from Jamaica, Haiti, Turks & Caicos, Cuba, Panama, St Vincent & the Grenadines and Puerto Rico also expressed their support for Blatter, who is seeking a fifth term in office - having been in power since 1998.

 

There are 41 Concacaf member associations.

 

 

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For them be prob is

You know blattrer got a deep file on the countries that hate him sitting there waiting to drop

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