March 29, 2016
Federal prosecutors have exactly one recorded word from FIFA bribery and racketeering suspect Juan Angel Napout on volumes of recordings in the massive soccer corruption probe, a Brooklyn federal judge heard Tuesday at a status conference that morphed into a testy discovery dispute.
March 28, 2016
Former Honduran President Rafael Callejas on Monday pled guilty in Brooklyn federal court to racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy charges in the probe of FIFA corruption, admitting to taking bribes from a marketing firm and using the money to secure his position as a top official in organized soccer over more than a decade.
March 16, 2016
FIFA, the international soccer governing body, on Wednesday said that it is trying to recuperate "tens of millions of dollars" that was allegedly pocketed by the corrupt officials and marketing executives at the center of a sprawling U.S. investigation into international soccer.
March 14, 2016
A Brooklyn federal judge on Monday released Venezuelan soccer boss Rafael Esquivel, who was accused of taking bribes in the international soccer governing body corruption investigation, granting the defendant a $7 million bail package secured by cash and U.S. real estate.
March 08, 2016
FIFA-licensed soccer match agent Miguel Trujillo pled guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion in New York federal court Tuesday, and newly extradited Venezuelan soccer boss Rafael Esquivel denied accepting bribes from sports marketing companies in the U.S. investigation of corruption in international soccer.
March 02, 2016
The former president of Guatemala's soccer federation pled not guilty in New York federal court Wednesday to participating in an alleged bribery scheme at FIFA that has prompted dozens of arrests and thrown the sport's governing body into disarray.
February 25, 2016
A Brooklyn federal prosecutor said Thursday the government is confident it can pin a racketeering conspiracy charge on FIFA corruption suspect Juan Angel Napout at a bail hearing where lawyers for the Paraguayan businessman called the case against him weak and won him additional freedom of movement.
February 24, 2016
FIFA's votes this week for a new leader and a reform package are critical steps toward restoring the global soccer governing body's credibility and possibly staving off further criminal liability for the organization, as it has been in turmoil for the past nine months after U.S. prosecutors unveiled a wide-ranging criminal corruption case, attorneys say.
February 24, 2016
A Brooklyn federal judge on Wednesday granted bail to former FIFA official Eduardo Li after he pitched a package worth as much as $5 million that includes $300,000 in cash, $800,000 in U.S. properties and the salaries of nine supporters worth more than $900,000.
February 10, 2016
Former FIFA official and bribery suspect Eduardo Li will stay in custody for now, a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday, after federal prosecutors said they were worried that Li could flee to his native Costa Rica.