The U.S. Justice Department is expected to bring federal corruption charges against as many as 14 high-ranking members of world soccer's governing body Wednesday, following a three-year FBI investigation that could cripple Sepp Blatter's run for a fifth term as FIFA president.
According to CNN, an indictment against the FIFA officials will be unsealed in a New York courtroom.
Swiss authorities, acting on the request of U.S. law enforcement, descended on a tony resort in Zurich overnight Wednesday to arrest several of those expected to be charged. The officials, who were attending FIFA's annual meeting, were to be extradited to the U.