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re: NYT Exclusive: Top FIFA officials (but not Blatter) indicted, face extradition to U.S.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:26 am to cwil177
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:26 am to cwil177
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This is amazing. European (and most other) FAs are either too afraid to confront FIFA, or just as corrupt. MLS isn't relevant enough for FIFA to care what they say, so the US can't do shite, right? NUH-UH, Uncle Sam don't need no major league to have an opinion or get shite done. This is AMERICA, land of the lawers, home of litigation.
Three years living in this fricking country hasn't turned me into a Yank, but this one headline comes and I've already got my flag ordered, "Donovan for Pres" badge, and an unusual sense of believing MLS might just be OK without promotion/relegation.
LET FREEDOM EXTRADITE, MOTHER frickERS. NOW WHERE'S MY BUD LIGHT PLATINUM!?!?
So solid.
Call me optimistic, but every part of me wants to believe that they're going to cut them some nice deals for any dirt on Sepp.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:31 am to McCaigBro69
Don't know if you saw the Deadspin update with Jeremy Schaap's tweet, but they make it seem like a separate investigation into Qatar has been happening, too.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:36 am to nvasil1
I remember hearing rumblings a while back about the U.S. investigating alleged bribes that may have been funneled through american banks. I'm pretty sure this was a CONCACAF thing and part of what blazer was the whistleblower on, though.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:44 am to cwil177
With Ireland speaking out against Blatter, I'm wondering if this is just the beginning of something larger. Maybe more countries who want that regime out are also going to step up to the plate, as well. I doubt it because there's a lot to be lost, but I wouldn't be surprised if this is just the beginning on an offensive on FIFA and their bullshite.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:48 am to nvasil1
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Don't know if you saw the Deadspin update with Jeremy Schaap's tweet, but they make it seem like a separate investigation into Qatar has been happening, too.
Definitely didn't see that Schaap tweet, thanks for the update.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 5:28 am to glassman
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We are going to get fricked so hard by the refs in the Gold Cup.
Yep, prepare thy anus.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 5:28 am to WarSlamEagle
Swiss Federal Justice Office have opened criminal proceedings over the allocation of 2018 & 2022 World Cups
Posted on 5/27/15 at 5:32 am to WarSlamEagle
DOJ announcement
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Nine FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption
The Defendants Include Two Current FIFA Vice Presidents and the Current and Former Presidents of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF); Seven Defendants Arrested Overseas; Guilty Pleas for Four Individual Defendants and Two Corporate Defendants Also Unsealed
A 47-count indictment was unsealed early this morning in 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. The guilty pleas of four individual defendants and two corporate defendants were also unsealed today.
The defendants charged in the indictment include high-ranking officials of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the organization responsible for the regulation and promotion of soccer worldwide, as well as leading officials of other soccer governing bodies that operate under the FIFA umbrella. Jeffrey Webb and Jack Warner – the current and former presidents of CONCACAF, the continental confederation under FIFA headquartered in the United States – are among the soccer officials charged with racketeering and bribery offenses. The defendants also include U.S. and South American sports marketing executives who are alleged to have systematically paid and agreed to pay well over $150 million in bribes and kickbacks to obtain lucrative media and marketing rights to international soccer tournaments.
The charges were announced by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, Acting U.S. Attorney Kelly T. Currie of the Eastern District of New York, Director James B. Comey of the FBI, Assistant Director in Charge Diego W. Rodriguez of the FBI’s New York Field Office, Chief Richard Weber of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and Special Agent in Charge Erick Martinez of the IRS-CI’s Los Angeles Field Office.
Also earlier this morning, Swiss authorities in Zurich arrested seven of the defendants charged in the indictment, the defendants Jeffrey Webb, Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Eugenio Figueredo, Rafael Esquivel and José Maria Marin, at the request of the United States. Also this morning, a search warrant is being executed at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, Florida.
The guilty pleas of the four individual and two corporate defendants that were also unsealed today include the guilty pleas of Charles Blazer, the long-serving former general secretary of CONCACAF and former U.S. representative on the FIFA executive committee; José Hawilla, the owner and founder of the Traffic Group, a multinational sports marketing conglomerate headquartered in Brazil; and two of Hawilla’s companies, Traffic Sports International Inc. and Traffic Sports USA Inc., which is based in Florida.
“The indictment alleges corruption that is rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted both abroad and here in the United States,” said Attorney General Lynch. “It spans at least two generations of soccer officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks. And it has profoundly harmed a multitude of victims, from the youth leagues and developing countries that should benefit from the revenue generated by the commercial rights these organizations hold, to the fans at home and throughout the world whose support for the game makes those rights valuable. Today’s action makes clear that this Department of Justice intends to end any such corrupt practices, to root out misconduct, and to bring wrongdoers to justice – and we look forward to continuing to work with other countries in this effort.”
Posted on 5/27/15 at 5:56 am to StraightCashHomey21
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FIFA pissed off the two countries in the world not to piss off.
A small part of me is afraid that the USA and England may be costing ourselves a shot at hosting a World Cup.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 6:02 am to lsu31always
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It's going down. I'm yelling TIMBER
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 6:27 am to WarSlamEagle
frick yeah.
When Sepp Blatter eventually dies or gets arrested, I'm going to buy everyone drinks at Finns
When Sepp Blatter eventually dies or gets arrested, I'm going to buy everyone drinks at Finns
Posted on 5/27/15 at 6:54 am to glassman
I'm calling the one after that. The English spun the record "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" when Maggie Thatcher died so I'm sure they'll have a good one for that situation.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 6:55 am to Dijkstra
'Havin' a party when Blatter dies!'
Posted on 5/27/15 at 6:56 am to glassman
When you're so corrupt that even Switzerland wants to prosecute you, you should no longer be able to operate.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 6:57 am to hendersonshands
When the Swiss cooperate with an outside entity and allow access to records, there is some bad shite to be found.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 7:01 am to glassman
President of Traffic Sports included too. frick that organization.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 7:01 am to hendersonshands
I love that traffic sports is finally getting fricked in the arse.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 7:01 am to TN Bhoy
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Swiss Federal Justice Office have opened criminal proceedings over the allocation of 2018 & 2022 World Cups
How many countries can pull off a 2018 WC if it is moved? Maybe 5?
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