Sepp Blatter, the top man at FIFA, has emerged as the leading target in a widening criminal scandal investigation underway by FBI agents and federal prosecutors in New York, federal law enforcement officials revealed Tuesday.
The two sources, speaking anonymously because the case is continuing, said that Blatter, the president of FIFA, has become the latest top subject of this country’s criminal probe into allegations that leaders of soccer's world governing body accepted bribes in return for supporting specific countries seeking to play host to the highly lucrative World Cup.