January 05, 2017
A New York federal judge on Thursday refused to ease up on bail terms for former FIFA Vice President Juan Angel Napout — one of numerous soccer officials charged with taking bribes in the massive corruption case pending in Brooklyn — noting that the government has already been "extremely accommodating."
December 07, 2016
The former president of the Nicaraguan soccer federation pled guilty Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court to racketeering and wire fraud conspiracies, the latest plea deal in the U.S. government's wide-ranging corruption probe of international soccer.
December 06, 2016
U.S. prosecutors told a New York federal judge Monday that testimony by a former McDermott Will & Emery LLP attorney representing the South American soccer confederation in a corruption case, who alleged that the government is withholding information from the court, is "baseless."
November 29, 2016
A former McDermott Will & Emery attorney who had represented the South American soccer confederation told a New York federal judge Tuesday that U.S. prosecutors are drawing "incoherent inferences" from his testimony earlier this month over the scope of a common interest agreement between the confederation, known as CONMEBOL, and its former head, who is a defendant in a U.S. corruption case.
November 10, 2016
The Venezuelan soccer federation's former president pled guilty on Thursday in Brooklyn federal court for taking part in a bribery conspiracy involving racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering, joining the ranks of several individuals agreeing to plea deals in the U.S. government's wide-ranging corruption probe of international soccer.
October 31, 2016
The former president of the South American soccer confederation, Juan Angel Napout, who has been indicted in the FIFA corruption case, asked a New York federal judge to sever him from the other defendants in the case, arguing Monday that proceeding as a group prejudices the case against him.
October 25, 2016
A Paraguayan attorney representing the former president of the South American soccer confederation, Juan Angel Napout, who has been indicted in the FIFA corruption case, testified Tuesday that he only represented Napout, not the confederation itself, though he admitted to having been paid by the confederation for providing legal advice to the "general management."
October 20, 2016
A former Miami-based sports marketing executive Thursday admitted to arranging millions of dollars in bribes for former FIFA Vice President Jeffrey Webb in exchange for lucrative media rights to soccer matches.
October 19, 2016
The Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's office asked a district court judge Wednesday to preempt a guilty plea from a former sports marketing director in the FIFA bribery prosecution, saying the court should first hold a hearing on a potential conflict of interest involving one of the defendant's attorneys.
October 07, 2016
Former FIFA official and president of the Costa Rican Football Federation Eduardo Li pled guilty in Brooklyn federal court to racketeering and corruption charges Friday, becoming the latest figure to fall to the U.S. government's wide-ranging corruption probe into international soccer.