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Fresh arrests likely in Fifa corruption scandal, says US attorney general
Source: The Guardian
Fresh arrests likely in Fifa corruption scandal, says US attorney general
Owen Gibson in Zurich
Monday 14 September 2015 15.52 BST
US prosecutors have vowed to make a fresh wave of arrests involving both “entities and individuals” after new evidence emerged in their wide-ranging investigation into Fifa corruption. The Swiss authorities, moreover, have seized property in the Alps in relation to alleged money laundering.
The Swiss attorney general, Michael Lauber, also confirmed a 2005 contract bearing the signature of Sepp Blatter that involved the sale of World Cup TV rights to the disgraced former Fifa official Jack Warner for a fraction of their true value is now part of the investigation.
The contract threatens to drag the Fifa president, who has refused to travel to the US since the scandal broke, closer to the epicentre of the investigation. Neither Lynch nor Lauber would comment on which individuals or entities are under suspicion. Blatter has insisted he is “clean”, saying: “I have my conscience and I know I’m an honest man. I am clean. I am not a worried man.”
As Swiss and US authorities gave a joint update on their parallel investigations into what has been called “a World Cup of fraud”, the US attorney general, Loretta Lynch, said a new wave of arrests is looming.
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Owen Gibson in Zurich
Monday 14 September 2015 15.52 BST
US prosecutors have vowed to make a fresh wave of arrests involving both “entities and individuals” after new evidence emerged in their wide-ranging investigation into Fifa corruption. The Swiss authorities, moreover, have seized property in the Alps in relation to alleged money laundering.
The Swiss attorney general, Michael Lauber, also confirmed a 2005 contract bearing the signature of Sepp Blatter that involved the sale of World Cup TV rights to the disgraced former Fifa official Jack Warner for a fraction of their true value is now part of the investigation.
The contract threatens to drag the Fifa president, who has refused to travel to the US since the scandal broke, closer to the epicentre of the investigation. Neither Lynch nor Lauber would comment on which individuals or entities are under suspicion. Blatter has insisted he is “clean”, saying: “I have my conscience and I know I’m an honest man. I am clean. I am not a worried man.”
As Swiss and US authorities gave a joint update on their parallel investigations into what has been called “a World Cup of fraud”, the US attorney general, Loretta Lynch, said a new wave of arrests is looming.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/14/fresh-arrests-fifa-loretta-lynch-us-attorney-general
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