BERN, Switzerland — The Swiss authorities handed bank documents related to FIFA’s corruption scandal over to their American counterparts on Wednesday.
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Justice said the package of evidence would be used in a criminal investigation against several soccer officials suspected of bribery and other offenses.
“It relates to bank accounts allegedly used for bribes connected with the grant of marketing rights to soccer tournaments in Latin America and the U.S.A.,” the Swiss office said in a statement.
Records related to the sports marketing agency ISL have also been requested. The Federal Office of Justice said those documents were being reviewed to determine whether they were relevant to the American inquiry.