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$150M in bribes, dozen schemes: US prosecutors' FIFA case

Yahoo! Sports | May 27, 2015

Related Topics: FIFA, Association football, Trinidad and Tobago, FIFA World Cup, Jeffrey Webb

NEW YORK (AP) -- The leaders of soccer federations corrupted the sport for nearly a quarter century by taking $150 million in bribes and payoffs, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday as they laid out a sweeping case involving over a dozen people and marquee events as the World Cup.

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