USA v. Webb et al

  1. April 06, 2017

    Ex-Soccer Brass Rip RICO Overreach In FIFA Bribery Case

    The five remaining former soccer officials headed for a fall trial over the U.S. Department of Justice's FIFA corruption charges on Thursday asked a Brooklyn federal judge to sever their cases from one another, citing a spillover risk and criticizing the government's use of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

  2. March 21, 2017

    Ex-Honduran Soccer Head Granted $650K Bond Reduction

    A federal judge in Brooklyn on Tuesday granted a request by the former president of Honduras Rafael Callejas, who pled guilty to charges in the U.S. FIFA corruption case last year, to withdraw $650,000 in assets from from his bond package to pay legal and other expenses, a day after he made the request arguing that he has complied with all conditions of release.

  3. March 10, 2017

    Judge Denies Atty Privilege In FIFA Corruption Case

    A New York federal judge said there is no common interest privilege between an attorney for the South American soccer confederation, CONMEBOL, and the body's former president in the U.S. FIFA corruption case on Friday, finding that the agreement was part of an effort to avoid criminal liability.

  4. February 21, 2017

    Ex-FIFA Officials Can't Dodge Bribery Case, Judge Says

    The Brooklyn federal judge overseeing the government's wide-ranging FIFA corruption case on Friday refused to throw out charges against a pair of South American soccer officials, rebuffing an extraterritorial jurisdictional challenge, but ordered prosecutors to turn over more information on allegedly tainted deals for soccer contracts.

  5. February 14, 2017

    Ex-Soccer Officials Say FIFA Corruption Charges Lacking

    Attorneys for two South American soccer officials charged in U.S prosecutors' wide-ranging FIFA corruption case attacked the government's case on Tuesday during oral arguments on two separate bids to toss charges, telling a federal judge in Brooklyn that the government's case does not hold water.

  6. January 05, 2017

    No Bail Mods For Ex-FIFA Exec Charged In Corruption Case

    A New York federal judge on Thursday refused to ease up on bail terms for former FIFA Vice President Juan Angel Napout — one of numerous soccer officials charged with taking bribes in the massive corruption case pending in Brooklyn — noting that the government has already been "extremely accommodating."

  7. December 07, 2016

    Ex-Nicaraguan Soccer Head Pleads Guilty To Racketeering

    The former president of the Nicaraguan soccer federation pled guilty Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court to racketeering and wire fraud conspiracies, the latest plea deal in the U.S. government's wide-ranging corruption probe of international soccer.

  8. December 06, 2016

    US Calls Claims Of Wrongdoing 'Baseless' In FIFA Case

    U.S. prosecutors told a New York federal judge Monday that testimony by a former McDermott Will & Emery LLP attorney representing the South American soccer confederation in a corruption case, who alleged that the government is withholding information from the court, is "baseless."

  9. November 29, 2016

    Ex-Soccer Atty Says Privilege Issue Testimony Misconstrued

    A former McDermott Will & Emery attorney who had represented the South American soccer confederation told a New York federal judge Tuesday that U.S. prosecutors are drawing "incoherent inferences" from his testimony earlier this month over the scope of a common interest agreement between the confederation, known as CONMEBOL, and its former head, who is a defendant in a U.S. corruption case.

  10. November 10, 2016

    Ex-Venezuelan Soccer Head Pleads Guilty To Racketeering

    The Venezuelan soccer federation's former president pled guilty on Thursday in Brooklyn federal court for taking part in a bribery conspiracy involving racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering, joining the ranks of several individuals agreeing to plea deals in the U.S. government's wide-ranging corruption probe of international soccer.