USA v. Webb et al

  1. October 31, 2016

    Ex-Soccer Exec Blasts Trial Delays In FIFA Suit

    The former president of the South American soccer confederation, Juan Angel Napout, who has been indicted in the FIFA corruption case, asked a New York federal judge to sever him from the other defendants in the case, arguing Monday that proceeding as a group prejudices the case against him.

  2. October 25, 2016

    Attorney Representation At Issue In FIFA Suit

    A Paraguayan attorney representing the former president of the South American soccer confederation, Juan Angel Napout, who has been indicted in the FIFA corruption case, testified Tuesday that he only represented Napout, not the confederation itself, though he admitted to having been paid by the confederation for providing legal advice to the "general management."

  3. October 20, 2016

    Ex-Sports Media Exec Pleads Out In FIFA Corruption Case

    A former Miami-based sports marketing executive Thursday admitted to arranging millions of dollars in bribes for former FIFA Vice President Jeffrey Webb in exchange for lucrative media rights to soccer matches.

  4. October 19, 2016

    Gov't Wants Legal Conflict Cleared Before FIFA Bribe Plea

    The Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's office asked a district court judge Wednesday to preempt a guilty plea from a former sports marketing director in the FIFA bribery prosecution, saying the court should first hold a hearing on a potential conflict of interest involving one of the defendant's attorneys.

  5. October 07, 2016

    Ex-FIFA Official Cops To Racketeering, Fraud Charges

    Former FIFA official and president of the Costa Rican Football Federation Eduardo Li pled guilty in Brooklyn federal court to racketeering and corruption charges Friday, becoming the latest figure to fall to the U.S. government's wide-ranging corruption probe into international soccer.

  6. September 21, 2016

    FIFA Bribery Trial Date Could Spur Pleas, New Charges

    A New York federal judge has set a November 2017 trial date for eight of the remaining defendants in the U.S. government's wide-ranging FIFA corruption probe, but with prosecutors still pushing for plea deals, experts say most of the defendants will likely not go to trial, though new indictments and defendants could still emerge.

  7. September 19, 2016

    FIFA Bribery Trial Set For Fall 2017; Plea Talks Underway

    A New York federal judge on Monday set a tentative November 2017 trial date for eight individuals targeted in the U.S. government's wide-ranging corruption probe of the world soccer federation, while a prosecutor told the court that several were in plea talks.

  8. August 17, 2016

    Gov't Wants Clarity On Privilege Claims In FIFA Shootout

    Prosecutors on Tuesday asked the New York federal judge hearing the FIFA corruption probe to make the former head of a South American soccer federation clarify his privilege assertions regarding a cache of more than 350,000 records seized by Paraguayan authorities last year, saying his story has been inconsistent so far.

  9. August 03, 2016

    More Charges Expected In FIFA Corruption Probe

    The government expects to file more charges in the wide-ranging FIFA corruption case in New York federal court but does not yet know when it will have the new indictment or if it will name any new culprits, a federal prosecutor told the judge hearing the suit on Wednesday.

  10. July 29, 2016

    Ex-Guatemalan Soccer Head Cops To Taking Bribes

    The former president of the Guatemalan soccer federation on Friday pled guilty in Brooklyn federal court to conspiracy and fraud charges, admitting to taking bribes in exchange for awarding media and marketing rights to the Guatemalan national soccer team's matches, in the latest fallout of the wide-ranging FIFA corruption scandal.