Wednesday, June 3, 2015

FIFA executive committee member Blazer admitted bribes (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2005 file photo, Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) general secretary Chuck Blazer attends a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Blazer, a former FIFA executive committee member, told a U.S. federal judge he and others on the governing body's ruling panel agreed to receive bribes as part of the vote that picked South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup, according to a transcript of the 2013 hearing in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn unsealed by prosecutors Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Bernd Kammerer, File)

Former FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer told a U.S. federal judge that he and others on the governing body's ruling panel agreed to receive bribes in the votes for the hosts of the 1998 and 2010 World Cups. Prosecutors unsealed a 40-page transcript Wednesday of the hearing in U.S. District Court on Nov. 25, 2013, when Blazer pleaded guilty to racketeering and other charges. Four sections of the transcript were redacted by prosecutors, presumably to protect avenues of their investigation.




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