The former vice-president of Fifa, Eugenio Figueredo has been extensive corruption after delivery to his home country Uruguay. In addition, the 83-year-old charged a member of the FIFA Reformkomittees difficult.
The former FIFA vice-president Eugenio Figueredo has admitted the existence of an extensive corruption network in South America. After his extradition on Christmas Eve from Switzerland a judge ruled in his native Uruguay, he is taken to the central prison of the capital Montevideo for corruption and money laundering, as prosecutor Juan Gómez told.
“Large sums of money” received
Figueredo had admitted that he had received “large sums of money,” said Gómez. This he then invested elsewhere. He is said to have also acknowledged that ten presidents of national football associations have collected bribe in South America, for example, in trade with TV rights. Figueredo from 1993 to 2013 Vice President of the South American Football Association COMNEBOL, since 2013 president.
He stressed that a member of the 15-member FIFA reform committee, Gorka Villar, difficult. The son of FIFA vice-president Angel Maria Villar is currently director general of the South American Football Association – he is said to have blackmailed Uruguayan teams, said a lawyer for the Football Association, referring to statements Figueredos during his interrogation in Montevideo. It should have gone to the withdrawal of ads of clubs in 2013, who felt betrayed by the corruption of TV rights to income – thus the clubs of exclusion from international competitions had been threatened
In. Switzerland, arrested with Webb and Warner
The 83-year-old was the end of May with six other top officials from Fifa, including Vice Jeffrey Webb and ex-Vice Jack Warner, have been arrested in Switzerland. He was sitting in Zurich since then in custody and has now been delivered to his home country. In connection with allegations of corruption, the United States had also requested his extradition, whereas he submitted complaint.
Because it is determined in Uruguay against Figueredo for more crimes than in the US, the Swiss authorities finally decided to transfer him to his homeland. His lawyer Karen Pintos called to ask him because of his age and a critical state of health under house arrest, which the judicial authorities but refused
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