Potentially significant twist in FBI pursuit of ex football officials involved in FIFA corruption scandal.
Attached indictment filed in US alleges ExCo members were “offered or received bribes in connection with their votes” for Russia & Qatar World Cups
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/press-release/file/1266856/download
New indictment alleges that defendants - disgraced South American ex-FIFA execs Ricardo Teixeira & Nicolas Leoz “were offered and received bribe payments in exchange for their votes in favour of Qatar to host the 2022 WC.”
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