LOS ANGELES -- CONCACAF is suing a California company for at least $50 million in an alleged kickback scheme involving two former executives of the soccer body.
The Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean Association Football filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court in Los Angeles. It names Los Angeles area-based Cartan Tours, its owner, an executive and three related companies.
The lawsuit alleges "a clandestine, kickback-based and parasitic relationship" between Cartan and two ex-CONCACAF executives, president Jeffrey Webb and general secretary Enrique Sanz.
Cartan Tours said Wednesday that the lawsuit is baseless and it will file its own claims for damages.