According to the US indictment, a number of FIFA officials have accepted bribes for World Cup votes
US indictment states that a number of FIFA executives, including former Vice President Jack Warner, have accepted bribes in exchange for votes in Russia and the World Cup in Qatar
- A new US indictment stated that a number of FIFA officials were accepting bribes
- It is stated that Jack Warner received $ 5 million to vote for Russia in 2018
- It was also alleged that the total had arrived through more than two dozen bank transfers
- Ricardo Teixeira and Nicolas Leoz also took bribes to vote for Qatar
A potentially significant turn in the case against former football figures involved in a corruption scandal has uncovered the magnitude of the bribes associated with the staging of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
The US charge sensationalizes that a number of ex-FIFA officials accepted a bribe in exchange for their votes over the showpieces of Russia and Qatar.
Disgraced former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner, who was suspended for life in 2015, is said to have received $ 5 million in exchange for his vote in favor of Russia hosting the tournament two years ago.
A US indictment states that ex-FIFA officials have accepted bribes in exchange for World Cup votes
The indictment, which was revealed in the U.S. court in Brooklyn on Monday, says that Nicolás Leoz and Ricardo Teixeira also received bribes to vote for Qatar at the 2010 FIFA Executive Committee meeting.
It says: “Several members of the Executive Committee received or received bribes in connection with their votes. For example, the defendant Ricardo Teixeira, Nicolas Leoz and Co-Conspirator # 1 were offered and they received bribes in exchange for their votes in favor of Qatar for the 2022 World Cup.
In addition, Defendant Jack Warner was promised and received bribes totaling $ 5 million and Rafael Salguero was promised to receive a bribe of $ 1 million in exchange for their votes in favor of Russia to host the 2018 World Cup. ”
Warner was completely banned from the game for committing “many and different misconduct continuously and repeatedly” according to FIFA’s Ethics Committee.
FIFA ex-vice president Jack Warner received $ 5 million in exchange for voting for Russia
At the time of the vote, Leoz was the president of the governing body CONMEBOL, and Teixeira was the head of the Brazilian Football Association.
The latter was banned from football in 2019 because he accepted multiple bribes between 2006 and 2012.
And Leoz, who died at age 90 last year, had been under house arrest in Paraguay and was fighting extradition to the US.
Russia beat England and several joint bids on the way to handing over the 2018 tournament
According to the indictment, President of the Federation of Guatemala, Rafael Salguero, was also promised a $ 1 million bribe.
The award of both World Cups is shrouded in controversy – with Qatar fending off competition from the United States, Japan, South Korea, and Australia.
Russia, meanwhile, defeated England, a joint bid from Spain and Portugal and a joint bid from the Netherlands and Belgium on their way to handing over the 2018 tournament.
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