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  1. September 25, 2023

    Feds To Appeal Toss Of FIFA Bribery Convictions

    Brooklyn federal prosecutors plan to appeal a judge's order tossing the convictions of a former 21st Century Fox television executive and an Argentine sports marketing company in the FIFA corruption scandal, according to notices filed with the Second Circuit.

  2. September 08, 2023

    Off The Bench: Sports & Betting Legal News You Can't Miss

    This week's Off The Bench features a former Fox executive getting a reprieve after a bribery conviction, an investment group accused of scamming a former college athlete on an NIL contract, and a boxer taken to court for posting explicit photos of his opponent's fiancée online. If you were sidelined this week, Law360 is here to catch you up.

  3. September 02, 2023

    Ex-Fox Exec, Media Co. Get FIFA Bribery Convictions Tossed

    A Brooklyn federal judge on Friday vacated the convictions of a former 21st Century Fox television executive and an Argentine sports marketing company in the FIFA corruption probe, saying recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent places foreign commercial bribery outside the scope of federal fraud prosecutions.

  4. June 30, 2023

    Convicted Ex-FIFA Exec To Be Freed Early For Health Reasons

    The former head of the South American international soccer federation, convicted and imprisoned in the wide-ranging FIFA corruption investigation, will be granted early release on July 5 to receive badly needed treatment for his failing eyesight, over the opposition of federal prosecutors, a Brooklyn federal judge has ruled.

  5. June 23, 2023

    Judge Looks Set To Free Ex-FIFA Exec Due To Medical Neglect

    A New York federal judge said Friday she's very likely to order an early release from prison for one of the top former international soccer officials at the heart of the FIFA corruption case, in light of an "inexplicable and inexcusable" yearslong delay of medical treatment that has left him slowly going blind.

  6. June 05, 2023

    Feds Fight Ex-Fox Exec's Acquittal Bid In FIFA Bribery Trial

    Federal prosecutors have asked a Brooklyn federal judge not to toss the conviction of a former Fox executive in the latest FIFA corruption trial, saying there was ample evidence he schemed to defraud soccer organizations by paying bribes for media rights.

  7. May 31, 2023

    Soccer Exec Can't Cut Sentence In FIFA Case, Feds Say

    Brooklyn federal prosecutors are urging a judge to deny a former South American soccer executive's bid to reduce the nine-year sentence he received after a jury convicted him over the international FIFA bribery scandal.

  8. May 12, 2023

    Tearful Judge Shows Mercy To 'Extraordinary' FIFA Witness

    A Brooklyn federal judge allowed a former sports media executive to avoid jail Friday for his 10-year course of international soccer bribery, after she was moved to tears by what she called the former exec's "breathtaking and consequential" decision to cooperate with prosecutors.

  9. April 24, 2023

    Ex-Fox Exec Seeks Acquittal Following FIFA Bribery Trial

    The former CEO of Fox International Channels urged a New York federal judge to erase his money laundering and wire fraud convictions in the latest FIFA corruption trial, arguing that federal prosecutors failed to show that anyone at South American soccer confederation CONMEBOL was unaware of the bribery of its executives.

  10. March 09, 2023

    Ex-Fox Exec Convicted, Another Cleared In FIFA Bribery Trial

    A Brooklyn federal jury wary of a key witness's credibility returned a mixed verdict Thursday in the latest FIFA corruption trial, finding one former 21st Century Fox television executive guilty of bribing South American soccer officials but acquitting a lower-level executive of the same charges.