The three men are suspected by US justice tens of millions of dollars to have paid bribes in the football world. On that reports local media.
It is the Argentines Alejandro Burzaco, Hugo Jinkis and Mariano Jinkis. Interpol did the raids on two companies for sports media and promotion in the hands of the three suspects.
The three suspects had founded a company together that they TV rights of football matches and tournaments bought up. They would have had those rights by paying a total of about $ 110 million in bribes to football in Central and South America, including the Copa America of 2015, 2019 and 2023.
They would according to the indictment from the US who have been given rights by paying a total of about 110 million dollars (100 million euros) bribe to football in Central and South America.
An amount of $ 45 million would have ended up in the pockets of three top officials of the South American soccer federation Conmebol. Though he is not mentioned by name, is supposedly Julio Grondona one of those officials.
Grondona was for 35 years the boss of the Argentine Football Association, a close friend of the accused entrepreneur Bruzaco and for years one of the right hands the newly elected FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Grondona died in July 2014
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New round
There may be additional suspects indicted by US prosecutors. ” I’m pretty sure that a new round of indictments will come, ” said Chief Richard Weber of the IRS, who leads the research. On that wrote the newspaper New York Times Saturday.
In the investigation into the FIFA, the Americans already fourteen people indicted for alleged bribery and other forms of corruption.
“We are convinced that more people and organizations have committed offenses, ” says Weber. He did not mention names of people where research is being done on this.
The IRS is working with the US FBI investigation department in the investigation. That investigation into FIFA was established in 2011 after the IRS tax returns from football bobo Chuck Blazer put under the microscope.
The FBI was currently conducting a study on Russian mafiosi. The two services found out that they end the same people on the track were in a big corruption case.
It was Weber never intended to focus attention on corruption within the football world. ‘But one thing led to another,’ ‘said Weber. ” We were always convinced that this was a big thing, ” said public prosecutor Loretta Lynch on the FIFA investigation
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Blatter
Despite all the stories about corruption within FIFA Blatter on Friday in Zurich was re-elected as chairman of the football found. The 79-year-old Swiss is starting his fifth term as president.
Blatter received after the first round of voting 133 votes for versus 73 rival Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan. Actually there was need for a second round of voting then, but Prince Ali decided to withdraw
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