FIFA Indictment
- Publisher:
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Publication Date:
- 27 May 2015
- Tags:
- South Africa, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Soccer, United States, Canada and Africa
The 47-count indictment which was unsealed on Wednesday in a U.S. federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging 14 defendants with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, among other offenses, in connection with the defendants' participation in a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through the corruption of international soccer.
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