FIFA Officials Arrested On Corruption Charges

[SomGooner]

FBI can't solve the violent crimes committed against the poor civilians by their own corrupt leaders, and yet here they're saving the world's most beloved sports game from few harmless old geezers. Looking forward to the Hollywood movie based on this wild goose chase starring Danny Devito as Blatter and Al Pacino as Platini.

 

[US_Gooner]

Infantino wants FBI to return confiscated money.

I bet, but that's not how US racketeering laws work.
Onus is on the defendant to prove the money was not used illegally.

 

[US_Gooner]

Looking forward to the Hollywood movie based on this wild goose chase starring Danny Devito as Blatter and Al Pacino as Platini.

It's already On Like Donkey Kong

Ben Affleck to kick off film on Fifa corruption scandal
source: http://www.theguardian.com/film/201...e-film-on-fifa-corruption-scandal-say-reports

 

[Nyctophobia]

I can't wait to see Batman fight Blatter.

 

[clockwork orange]

I bet, but that's not how US racketeering laws work.
Onus is on the defendant to prove the money was not used illegally.

That will be difficult.

The Dutch and Belgian FA want their money back (from FIFA) they wasted in coming up with a WC bid, which had no chance, because others were bribing. That should stand a better chance.

 

[Rex Stone]

FIFAs newest president's name has come up in the Panama papers leak.

Turns out he signed off on a deal selling the CL rights to 2 businessmen who've been done for bribery.

UEFA sold the rights to their offshore island company for $111,000 before they were then immediately re-sold to Ecuadorian TV for $311,170.

The businessmen are fighting extradition to the USA from Argentina for bribing referees and South American football officials over several years.

 

[carlito'sway]

FIFA officials, including Sepp Blatter, allegedly paid themselves $80m bonuses over 5 years. Corrupt to the core.....

 

[Vinci]

Guaranteed and annual bonuses.

So just because you haven't ****ing died, you get a bonus.

 

[carlito'sway]

The strangest part....2018 WC Bonus....They guys are paid bonuses on a WC that 3 years away! Holy smoke....They know how to make $$.

 

[US_Gooner]

I really like the The Guardian's lead:

"The spectacular scale of greed at the top of Fifa was revealed on Friday when lawyers said that three high-ranking former officials – Sepp Blatter, Jérôme Valcke and Markus Kattner – had secretly given themselves pay rises and massive World Cup bonuses totalling 79m Swiss francs (£55m)."

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ed-themselves-55m-in-bonuses-say-fifa-lawyers​

FIFA lawyers are claiming these bonuses were illegal under Swiss law, but I would think it would be trivial for FIFA to win a breach of fiduciary duty award against these three [that got caught].

However, as one would expect with FIFA, there is a backstory to this that suggest ulterior motives of FIFA and their lawyers.

As things stand right now, the US Justice Dept. classifies FIFA as a "victim" rather than a criminal enterprise. So FIFA finding further wrongdoing by their former leadership furthers the narrative of "victim". Pretty much self-serving.

 

[4R5Emaniac]

Don't know where to put this. Snake Bladder has spoken....

"The [2014 World Cup] draw was clean until the last detail," the 80-year-old said in an interview with Argentine publication La Nacion.

"I never touched the balls, which was something that others had to do. Of course, it can be signalled, by heating or cooling them.

"It's technically possible. It did not happen in FIFA, but I witnessed draws at a European level in which it happened - but never in FIFA.

"It could have happened, but in my case it never did, ever.

"If you put the balls in the refrigerator before, a simple comparison between one and the other by touching them determines the cold and hot balls. By touching them you already know what it is."

Not only WC draws but I was always 100% confident there is rigging in the CL draws including ref fixing. Real Madrid, Bayern and Barcelona are too powerful to be taken as serious football clubs with too much political influence behind them. Nobody will ever say a word against it, though.

 

[albakos]

Not only WC draws but I was always 100% confident there is rigging in the CL draws including ref fixing. Real Madrid, Bayern and Barcelona are too powerful to be taken as serious football clubs with too much political influence behind them. Nobody will ever say a word against it, though.

... and even more money flushed in

 

[4R5Emaniac]

Seriously, these three need to put straight but won't. I actually like Bayern's model in terms of how the club is run but they deserve to be Kane'd alongside Real Madrid and the Barcunts.

 

[carlito'sway]

Oh Lord....Infantino already involved in some controversial money issues.... Worth reading. The amount of arrogance and entitlement of these folks is second to none...

http://files.newsnetz.ch/upload//8/6/86251.pdf