Aaron Davidson, one of a handful of Americans implicated in United States prosecutors’ world soccer corruption case, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and wire-fraud conspiracy charges in federal court in Brooklyn on Thursday.
His conviction was the 20th to be announced by the Department of Justice in its far-reaching prosecutions of sports officials and business executives connected to FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, and affiliated regional organizations.
Mr. Davidson, 45, a sports marketing executive, admitted to negotiating and paying more than $14 million in bribes to soccer officials on behalf of Traffic Sports USA, a firm headquartered on Brickell Key, a private island in Miami where Mr.