More leaders continue to be indicted after raid — Federation Internationale de Football Association fails again

He is a former son-in-law of Joao Havelange, who was Fifa’s president from 1974-98.

Among the new defendants is Alfredo Hawit of Honduras who replaced Webb as president of CONCACAF following his arrest. But U.S. Soccer quickly put out a statement saying that this summer’s stateside Copa America Centenario, which is a joint CONCACAF and CONMEBOL tournament, won’t be affected.

Federal Bureau of Investigations New York Assistant Director in Charge, Diego Rodriguez, said the most recent wave of charges is one more step forward in the effort to level the playing field of soccer.

Alvarado said in a statement later on Thursday that he is “convinced that every one of the charges against me will be cleared up”. Besides bribery, the charges include racketeering, fraud and money laundering. As part of his plea deal, Webb has agreed to forfeit more than $6.7 million in assets. Tordin, who is an executive with Media World LLC in Miami, pleaded guilty on November 9, according to the U.S.

Within a few days, the newly re-elected president Sepp Blatter announced that he would resign when a successor was elected.

Mr Blatter and Mr Platini face lifetime bans from football at ethics hearings expected this month. Lynch would not confirm that the USA sportswear company was Nike.

“I think he’s probably spending a lot of time reading through” the indictment, she said during a news conference.

It was Hawilla who mastered the art of the soccer con, and others followed.

A Swiss criminal investigation into the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups was also launched earlier this year, alongside the U.S. inquiry.

Ricardo Teixeira, a former Brazilian federation head, also was indicted.

FIFA was plunged deeper into crisis after the U.S. department of justice charged a further 16 football officials with “brazen, rampant corruption” involving hundreds of millions of dollars in alleged bribes. “It spans at least two generation of soccer officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks”. Saying he’d had no contact with US authorities, he added that the efforts to clean up the sport would “be wonderful for Conmebol”.

“It was impressive to see all members without exception supporting and showing a determination to carry out this reform process”. Lynch stated the investigation was nonetheless ongoing, suggesting more indictments can be forthcoming. “These recommendations mark the beginning of a change of culture in Federation Internationale de Football Association”.

“It was like someone had died, that was the atmosphere inside”, Sarney said.

World football’s embattled governing body has been engulfed in more scandal with another 16 officials charged over graft allegations.

In their letter the sponsors said independent oversight would “enhance FIFA’s credibility”. “We had unforeseen additional costs, and also on the revenue side some challenges to cope with”.

The pair, presidents of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL respectively, are both FIFA vice-presidents and were taken into custody by Swiss police following drawn raids at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, where the Executive Committee of world football’s governing body met on Thursday.