The FIFA brings in corruption scandal to legal retaliation. When trying an image correction under the new president Gianni Infantino calls the world football association of the accused US investigations high million-compensation and recognizes for the first time to a vote-buying in World Cup Award.
with the US authorities submitted application was directed against 41 former FIFA officials and football functionaries, told FIFA with. Among the former vice president Jack Warner and Jeffrey Webb and former Exekutivkomitee- members “Chuck” Blazer and Ricardo Teixeira. Are
Blatter and Platini not charged
“The FIFA wants the money back and we are determined to get it, no matter how long it, “said Infantino. The US authorities have seized more than 190 million US dollars (171.5 million euros) of the accused -. Money that FIFA wants to retrieve
The World Federation is due to the investigation of US- Justice and its own investigations assume that the accused have diverted at least tens of millions of dollars illegally via bribery, kickbacks or other corruption mechanisms. The former FIFA boss Joseph Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini, both suspended for six years are not on the list – they are not charged in the US
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the world Association sees itself as a victim and struggles that the US investigators grant her such status. A victim of crime may require convicted compensation under US law. “The convicted defendants have their positions of trust, they held at FIFA and other international soccer organizations abused, and have the FIFA, its member associations and the football community serious and permanent harm,” explained Blatter successor Infantino step .
In the 22-page letter, the FIFA is the first time to the public that it has come at the Award of the 1998 world Championships and 2010 to vote buying. It is now clear that several members of the then FIFA Executive abused their position and their voices had sold on several occasions, writes the World Association. “The damage that has been done by the greed of the accused, can not be exaggerated,” reads a summary.
WM reallocation not an issue
In this case the center is the skandalumtoste Warner from Trinidad and Tobago, who allegedly organized, among other things with the Americans confessed blazer corruption in the host selection of the World Cup of 2010. “They have broken the fundamental duties and ten million dollars stolen,” sums up the FIFA. Although both officials had yet mitgestimmt also the most controversial World Cup award to Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022), a re-allocation of the upcoming world tournaments is so far no issue for FIFA.
From Warner World Association requires 4,462 million dollars, comes with blazer FIFA a damages amounting to 5.374 million. Overall, at least 28.224 million had been paid to allowances or salaries illegally to the defendants – the sum could still rise as the investigation
World Cup 2006 not in focus
Alone by the Brazilian marketing. and television rights trader José Hawilla took US authorities already 151.7 million in fog. In addition, FIFA hopes to compensate for the resulting damage to their image and the considerable legal fees, which has the working up of the scandal in the past ten months now caused.
The summer fairytale affair at the 2006 World Cup in Germany will play in the application of world Association as well as in the recent US accusations not matter. In general, it is from legal sources who are close to the FIFA that internal investigations proceed in football for total corruption scandal
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