Monday, March 7, 2016

U.S. charges another defendant in FIFA corruption probe (Reuters)

The FIFA logo is seen outside the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, December 17, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

U.S. authorities have charged another individual in their sweeping investigation of corruption in soccer and its world governing body FIFA, court papers said, bringing to 42 the number of known people and entities charged in the case. A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday unsealed papers saying that a defendant named Miguel Trujillo was charged with a felony on March 4. Generally, in U.S. courts this is an indication that a defendant plans to plead guilty.


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