UPDATE: Here’s the actual indictment -> CLICK HERE
The case is the most significant yet for United States Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, who took office last month. She previously served as the United States attorney in Brooklyn, where she supervised the FIFA investigation. Ms. Lynch and F.B.I. Director James Comey were expected to hold a news conference on Wednesday morning in New York. (more)
(Via Buzzfeed) The U.S. Department of Justice will file corruption charges against several officials in soccer’s worldwide governing organization, multiple reports said late Tuesday.
The charges are part of an indictment against FIFA officials, and according to The New York Times include allegations of fraud, racketeering, and money laundering that has taken place over the last two decades.
The Swiss Federal Office of Justice announced that it had detained six officials Wednesday. The officials have been “detained pending extradition,” and authorities in Switzerland were acting in coordination with U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. (more…)