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Nine FIFA officials, five others indicted on corruption charges: DoJ

Yahoo! Sports | May 27, 2015

Related Topics: FIFA, Ministry (government department), New York, Federal government of the United States, Jeffrey Webb

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nine high-ranking soccer officials, including two current vice-presidents of world governing body FIFA, and five sports marketing executives have been indicted on federal corruption charges, U.S. law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.

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The 47-count indictment unsealed in a federal court in New York charged the defendants with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies as part of a scheme that spanned more than two decades, the U.

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