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  1. September 17, 2021

    Ex-Fox Execs, Sports Co. Say FIFA Case Falls Short

    Two former executives at a Twentieth Century Fox unit and Argentina-based sports marketer Full Play Group on Friday told a New York federal judge that criminal charges against them resulting from the widespread FIFA corruption probe are unconstitutionally vague and don't support claims of honest services fraud.

  2. August 24, 2021

    DOJ OKs $201M Corruption Probe Payout To FIFA, Others

    The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday it has approved the award of potentially more than $201 million in forfeited funds from its FIFA corruption dragnet to FIFA and other soccer organizations, which it deems to be victims of the ordeal.

  3. August 23, 2021

    Ex-Salvadoran Soccer Head Pleads Out In FIFA Case

    A former head of the Salvadoran soccer federation on Monday admitted his role in a purportedly criminal enterprise bent on bribing Central American sports officials, marking the latest in a steady stream of guilty pleas to come out of the U.S. government's sprawling FIFA corruption investigation.

  4. August 18, 2021

    Ex-Fox Execs Want FIFA Witness' Phone For Bribery Defense

    Two former Fox Sports executives preparing to stand trial over the FIFA corruption scandal asked a Brooklyn federal judge on Tuesday to subpoena phones from a key government cooperator, saying information from the devices might absolve them of fraud and conspiracy charges.

  5. August 17, 2021

    Salvadoran Soccer Boss To Cop Plea In FIFA Bribe Case

    The former head of Salvadoran soccer will plead guilty to his role in the FIFA bribery scandal that earned him a lifetime ban from the sport's international governing body, court records revealed Tuesday.

  6. July 26, 2021

    Ex-Fox Execs Say FIFA Foreign Bribe Case Is 'Vast Overreach'

    Two former Fox Sports executives ensnared in the FIFA corruption scandal told a New York federal judge Friday that prosecutors don't have the authority to bring charges, warning that the case "would expand U.S. anti-bribery policing boundlessly."

  7. July 09, 2021

    Ex-Fox Execs Say Feds Hiding Ball On Soccer Bribe Claim

    A pair of former Fox Sports executives said Thursday their indictment in the FIFA corruption scandal is too vague for the case to move forward without more details in a so-called bill of particulars, but New York federal prosecutors say the duo can adequately prepare because there's already been a trial on related charges.

  8. May 27, 2021

    Julius Baer Will Pay $79M To Settle FIFA Corruption Case

    Julius Baer will pay a $43 million fine and forfeit $36 million as part of a deal unveiled Thursday with U.S. federal prosecutors over the Swiss bank's alleged role in facilitating bribe payments for media rights to international soccer matches held by FIFA and the South American soccer confederation.

  9. April 15, 2021

    Ex-Salvadoran Soccer Boss Out On Bail After Months In Jail

    A former head of the Salvadoran soccer federation was ordered Thursday to be released on bail, following his arrest in the U.S. in January for corruption charges brought in connection with Brooklyn federal prosecutors' wide-ranging FIFA bribery probe.

  10. January 29, 2021

    Ex-El Salvador Soccer Prez Extradited To US In FIFA Case

    A former head of the Salvadoran soccer federation pled not guilty to a charge of racketeering conspiracy that stems from the FIFA corruption case in Brooklyn federal court Friday, hours after he was extradited to the U.S. after being wanted for over half a decade.