Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Swiss send last of FIFA suspects to US in bribery case (The Associated Press)

Former FIFA staffer Julio Rocha was extradited Wednesday to the United States to face racketeering charges in a sprawling bribery case, authorities said. Rocha is the last of seven men, including two FIFA vice presidents, who were arrested in Zurich last May to be extradited. Rocha was the longtime Nicaraguan soccer federation president before leaving in 2012, when FIFA hired him as a Panama-based development officer for Central America.

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