FBI investigates CONCACAF General Secretary
Chuck Blazer - CONCACAF General Secretary
CONCACAF General Secretary, Chuck Blazer is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on suspicion of receiving bribe during the World Cup bidding process in 2010 when Russia and Qatar won the right to host World Cups 2018 and 2022, respectively.
The FBI has no jurisdiction over world football governing body FIFA. However, its interest is into alleged bribery payments made to an American.
Blazer, a FIFA committee member who is said to have received commission payments totaling more than US $500,000.
The FBI is probing whether there is any connection between issues involving the World Cup bids and possible payment to Blazer.
U.S. investigators are examining documents appearing to show confidential payments to offshore accounts operated by blazer. The FBI is seeking to determine the legal status of these payments.
Blazer is contracted to work for CONCACAF, but the FBI is examining evidence that payments had allegedly come from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a separate regional body, which was controlled Jack Warner.
Chuck Blazer - CONCACAF General Secretary
CONCACAF General Secretary, Chuck Blazer is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on suspicion of receiving bribe during the World Cup bidding process in 2010 when Russia and Qatar won the right to host World Cups 2018 and 2022, respectively.
The FBI has no jurisdiction over world football governing body FIFA. However, its interest is into alleged bribery payments made to an American.
Blazer, a FIFA committee member who is said to have received commission payments totaling more than US $500,000.
The FBI is probing whether there is any connection between issues involving the World Cup bids and possible payment to Blazer.
U.S. investigators are examining documents appearing to show confidential payments to offshore accounts operated by blazer. The FBI is seeking to determine the legal status of these payments.
Blazer is contracted to work for CONCACAF, but the FBI is examining evidence that payments had allegedly come from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a separate regional body, which was controlled Jack Warner.
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