Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Ex-Guatemalan soccer chief pleads not guilty to U.S. bribery charges (Reuters)

Former Guatemalan football federation president Brayan Jimenez is seen before being extradited to the U.S. to face corruption charges, in Guatemala City, in this handout photograph released to Reuters on March 1, 2016 by the Guatemala Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINEX). REUTERS/Minex/Handout via Reuters

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former president of Guatemala's soccer federation pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that he participated in bribery schemes at the heart of a corruption investigation into world soccer's governing body, FIFA. Brayan Jimenez, the former president, entered his plea through his lawyer in federal court in Brooklyn to racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud charges, a day after being extradited from Guatemala. U.S. Magistrate Judge Ramon Reyes set bond at $1.5 million, and directed that Jimenez be confined at a friend's home in New Jersey.


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