Jeffrey Webb, a former top official at FIFA, has agreed to extradition and is currently in the United States, a person who has been briefed on the investigation confirmed Thursday.
Mr. Webb is the first of the 14 soccer officials and marketing executives indicted in May to be sent to the United States from abroad. The Swiss Justice Department said last week that one of the seven FIFA officials arrested and detained in Switzerland had agreed to be extradited in a simplified procedure, but did not name the official.
Until his indictment, Mr.