The long reach of the US: how FIFA is going down
- Thread starter wetnose
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Well the interesting spin is that the US is using an anti-mafia legislation to go after the officials who abused their offices, not FIFA directly.
Soccer
Really?
Pussies, and not the good kind.
Soccer is what's wrong in the world. Billions hidden in foreign banks aka Geneva. 20 great players the rest fluff who cry when touched and fake it all the way to the bank
FIFA is a movie, it's a scam, a governing body of b.s.
Ahhhhhhh got a knock on me shin despite the 3 inches of padding. Hey pussy, take a puck at 100 per hour and then you will know pain.
Really?
Pussies, and not the good kind.
Soccer is what's wrong in the world. Billions hidden in foreign banks aka Geneva. 20 great players the rest fluff who cry when touched and fake it all the way to the bank
FIFA is a movie, it's a scam, a governing body of b.s.
Ahhhhhhh got a knock on me shin despite the 3 inches of padding. Hey pussy, take a puck at 100 per hour and then you will know pain.
While I agree that FIFA is a farce and appears to be corrupt as hell, I have a big issue with the US applying its laws to supposed crimes done by foreigners in foreign jurisdictions. If these people broke their local laws, then the local jurisdictions should be charging them, not the US.
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Larry Storch
Also they held meetings in New York City.
What I don't get is why they are doing this in the first place.
The FIFA money was held in U.S. Banks and the meetings were in NYC. Amazing thing was the U.S. Attorneys applied RICO which has been used vs organized crime.
It will be interesting if they can make it stick on FIFA.
Time for both FIFA and the Olympic committee to pay attention to laws where $ and meetings are held IMHO.
It will be interesting if they can make it stick on FIFA.
Time for both FIFA and the Olympic committee to pay attention to laws where $ and meetings are held IMHO.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has resigned, after he was re-elected to a fifth term last week amid allegations of corruption being levelled against the soccer organization.
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This is the journalist who got the ball rolling
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-that-toppled-sepp-blatter/?tid=hp_mm&hpid=z3
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-that-toppled-sepp-blatter/?tid=hp_mm&hpid=z3
US FIFA Whistleblower Admits to Accepting Bribes
Published 4 June 2015 (19 hours 1 minutes ago)
Former U.S. FIFA official Chuck Blazer had accumulated US$11 million in bribes, according to investigators. He reached a plea agreement.
The former U.S. FIFA executive committee member pleaded guilty of taking bribes in connection with the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, U.S. prosecutors revealed Wednesday.
Chuck Blazer, a U.S. citizen, secretly pleaded guilty in a New York court in 2013 to 10 criminal counts, including racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering, income tax evasion and failure to report foreign bank accounts.
"Among other things, I agreed with other persons in or around 1992 to facilitate the acceptance of a bribe in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup," Blazer told the court in 2013, according to partially blacked out transcript released by prosecutors.
Blazer has become known as the FIFA whistleblower for agreeing to help build the corruption case that recently led to a 47-count indictment charging 14 top soccer officials and sports marketers with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies. When government officials accused him of tax evasion, Blazer reportedly wore a hidden microphone to record other soccer officials at the 2012 London Olympics.
The FIFA whistleblower confessed that he also accepted bribes during the decision process for the 2010 World Cup.
"I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup," he said.
In his position as FIFA executive committee member from 1997 to 2013 and as the general secretary of CONCACAF from 1990 to 2011, Blazer had accumulated US$11 million in unreported income, according to investigators. The income came in part from kickbacks he gained from kickbacks for the CONCACAF affiliated Gold Cups.
"In and around 1993 and continuing through the early 2000s, I and others agreed to accept bribes and kickbacks in conjunction with the broadcast and other rights to the 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Gold Cups," Blazer said.
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-FIFA-Whistleblower-Admits-to-Accepting-Bribes-20150604-0002.html
Published 4 June 2015 (19 hours 1 minutes ago)
Former U.S. FIFA official Chuck Blazer had accumulated US$11 million in bribes, according to investigators. He reached a plea agreement.
The former U.S. FIFA executive committee member pleaded guilty of taking bribes in connection with the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, U.S. prosecutors revealed Wednesday.
Chuck Blazer, a U.S. citizen, secretly pleaded guilty in a New York court in 2013 to 10 criminal counts, including racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering, income tax evasion and failure to report foreign bank accounts.
"Among other things, I agreed with other persons in or around 1992 to facilitate the acceptance of a bribe in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup," Blazer told the court in 2013, according to partially blacked out transcript released by prosecutors.
Blazer has become known as the FIFA whistleblower for agreeing to help build the corruption case that recently led to a 47-count indictment charging 14 top soccer officials and sports marketers with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies. When government officials accused him of tax evasion, Blazer reportedly wore a hidden microphone to record other soccer officials at the 2012 London Olympics.
The FIFA whistleblower confessed that he also accepted bribes during the decision process for the 2010 World Cup.
"I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup," he said.
In his position as FIFA executive committee member from 1997 to 2013 and as the general secretary of CONCACAF from 1990 to 2011, Blazer had accumulated US$11 million in unreported income, according to investigators. The income came in part from kickbacks he gained from kickbacks for the CONCACAF affiliated Gold Cups.
"In and around 1993 and continuing through the early 2000s, I and others agreed to accept bribes and kickbacks in conjunction with the broadcast and other rights to the 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Gold Cups," Blazer said.
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-FIFA-Whistleblower-Admits-to-Accepting-Bribes-20150604-0002.html
did you see the latest? Fifa was involved in swapping arms (grenade launchers) for votes for Saudi Arabia in 2006... http://www.theguardian.com/football...eal-saudi-valcke-warner-delaney-ireland-henry
