Prosecutor says 3 soccer officials made fortune off bribes
NEW YORK (AP) " Three former South American soccer officials charged in the FIFA corruption scandal made a fortune off bribes in exchange for rigging the process for awarding lucrative commercial contracts to the sport's biggest tournaments, a prosecutor said in closing arguments at their U.S. trial.The high-ranking officials "took money for themselves instead of putting the interests of the soccer organizations first," Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristin Mace said Wednesday in federal [...]
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