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FIFA Corruption News
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Forty-two officials and marketing executives, and three companies were indicted in an exhaustive 236-page complaint detailing 92 separate crimes and 15 corruption schemes to the tune of $200 million.
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A US judge on Wednesday imposed the first sentence in the sweeping FIFA corruption scandal, sending a Guatemalan former official to jail for eight months and saying that he had destroyed people's faith in soccer.
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A 63-year-old former Guatemalan football official is expected Wednesday to become the first person sentenced by a US judge over the sweeping corruption scandal that rocked world soccer.
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On 12 October, Swiss prosecutors announced a criminal investigation against PSG and beIN Media chief Nasser al-Khelaifi and Valcke over World Cup media rights.
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World football's governing body has recommended that Borbely, along with the ethics judge who helped bring down Sepp Blatter, Hans-Joachim Eckert, not be re-elected at the FIFA Congress which takes place on May 11 in the Gulf.
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Platini and Blatter were banned from all football-related activities, initially for eight years, over a 2 million Swiss francs ($2.00 million) payment FIFA made to Platini in 2011, with Blatter’s approval, for work done a decade earlier.
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Blatter, 80, who is fighting to overturn his ban from football, declined to make comment about the latest case against him.
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The action is a new blow to FIFA`s reputation as it seeks to redeem its scandal-tainted name under new president Gianni Infantino who was elected in February.
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He is one of 41 individuals and entities indicted following the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation into soccer corruption.
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Platini was banned for eight years in December along with FIFA president Sepp Blatter over a payment of two million Swiss francs ($2.03 million) made to the Frenchman in 2011 by FIFA.
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At the heart of the investigation is a mysterious payment of 6.7 million euros made by the German Football Association to FIFA.
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Hawit was arrested on Dec. 3 in Zurich, where FIFA has its headquarters, and was later extradited to the United States.
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Blatter was to stand down at a FIFA congress on February 26 when a special election is to be held.
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Platini said he has done nothing wrong and was still hoping to win an appeal in time to have been allowed back in time for the election on February 26.
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Garcia said he had found "serious and wide-ranging issues" in the bidding process for both 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
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FIFA published the agenda on Wednesday for its special election congress on 26 February.
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Blatter and Platini, both serving 90-day suspensions, deny any wrongdoing. But FIFA`s ethics commission has called for a life ban for Platini.
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Putin's statement came on a day when Blatter appeared before the ethics committee.
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Beckham was part of the FA delegation aiming to win the 2018 bid for England.
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Argentina`s Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez said on Friday he wants the investigation into the FIFA corruption scandal to "cut to the bone" in order to track alleged bribe money that should have been taxed.
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