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  1. November 06, 2017

    FIFA Trial Defendants: Who's Who

    Two years after U.S. authorities unveiled a wide-ranging FIFA corruption probe, the first trial is set to kick off Monday in Brooklyn federal court against three former South American officials at the highest levels of soccer administration. Here, Law360 takes a closer look at the three officials facing trial and the allegations against them.

  2. November 03, 2017

    FIFA Trial To Show Reach Of US Gov't In Corruption Probes

    Three former South American soccer officials are set to go on trial Monday in Brooklyn in the U.S. government's sprawling FIFA corruption probe, a trial that the sports world should watch closely for hints about how far the U.S. is willing to go to root out corruption in sports leagues.

  3. October 31, 2017

    Cayman Soccer 'Groupie' Given 15 Months In FIFA Case

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the former general secretary of the Cayman Islands Football Association to 15 months in prison and ordered him to pay $3 million in restitution after he admitted to laundering millions of dollar in bribes as part of the sprawling FIFA corruption scandal.

  4. October 27, 2017

    Ex-Guatemalan Judge Convicted In FIFA Case To Be Deported

    A former judge and onetime general secretary of the Guatemalan soccer federation who was the first to be sentenced in the government's sprawling FIFA corruption case will be sent back to his native country following an eight-month prison sentence, a New York federal judge has ordered.

  5. October 25, 2017

    Ex-Judge Given 8 Months In First FIFA Scandal Sentence

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday handed down the first sentence in the government's sprawling FIFA corruption case, sentencing a former judge and onetime general secretary of the Guatemalan soccer federation to eight months in prison over kickbacks he took related to media rights for World Cup qualifying matches.

  6. October 25, 2017

    Cayman Soccer 'Groupie' Deserves Time Served, Court Told

    Attorneys for the former general secretary of the Cayman Islands Football Association have told a New York federal court that their client, a "sad, semi-retired" Peter Pan of a man, should be given time served for his role in the FIFA corruption scandal.

  7. October 24, 2017

    Ex-CONMEBOL Chief Waives Conflicts As FIFA Trial Nears

    Conduct in the aftermath of the May 2015 arrests in the FIFA probe is playing a central role in a trial in New York federal court of three defendants set to start next month, with the former president of the South American soccer confederation on Tuesday waiving potential conflicts of interest with his Greenberg Traurig LLP attorneys and others who represented him between the first wave of arrests and his own arrest months later.

  8. October 23, 2017

    Ex-Judge Deserves Prison In FIFA Corruption Case, US Says

    Federal prosecutors said Monday that a former judge and onetime general secretary of the Guatemalan soccer federation should spend time in prison and repay $415,000 after admitting to taking kickbacks related to television rights for FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, hitting back at contentions that time already served was sufficient punishment.

  9. October 18, 2017

    Jury To Be Kept From Media In FIFA Corruption Case

    A Brooklyn federal judge granted a request by prosecutors on Tuesday to partly anonymize and sequester jurors who will soon hear a corruption case against three men charged in a sweeping conspiracy to corrupt the global soccer group FIFA, rejecting the men's protests that it would give jurors the wrong idea about the seriousness of the case.

  10. October 10, 2017

    Ex-Soccer Officials Don't Want Jury Sequestered In FIFA Case

    Attorneys for three South American soccer officials headed to trial next month on corruption charges in the wide-ranging FIFA probe urged a federal judge in Brooklyn on Tuesday to not take "extreme" measures to hide jurors' identities from the public and keep jurors partially sequestered.