He told of bribery of members of the International Football Federation on the eve of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Chuck Blazer from 1990 to 2011 was the second in rank to an officer of the Confederation of Football in North and Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). He also served on the executive committee of FIFA from 1997 to 2013. In 2011, a functionary began to cooperate with the investigation, when he was arrested by federal agents and charged him in connection with tax evasion. In 2013, during a hearing in the Eastern District Court of New York, he confessed. In addition, he agreed to record his conversations with colleagues at a microphone hidden in key chains. Instead, the court appointed him a relatively lenient sentence: Blazer was fined $ 1.9 million. Indications blazer night before the US Justice Department announced. “From about 2004 to 2011, I and other members of the FIFA Executive Committee agreed to accept a bribe in connection with the selection of South Africa as the host country of the 2010 World Cup. From about 1993 until the mid 2000s, I and others accepted bribes and kickbacks on deals of broadcasting rights and other rights before the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003, “- said the FBI’s Blazer .
May 27 it was reported that US law enforcement agencies have opened a criminal case against officials of FIFA. The charges of extortion, bribery and money laundering have been brought against 14 functionaries 4 more suspects, including blazers, charges already filed. The total amount of bribes in 24 years, according to the US Department of Justice, more than $ 150 million. By the investigation joined by policemen from South Africa and Australia.
As part of the investigation of the FBI figures out how to make the decision to hold the World Championships in Russia and Qatar in 2018 and 2022.
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