Monday, December 7, 2015

FBI is after Blatter

The Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States is also investigating the affairs which got the FIFA President Joseph Blatter dismissed. Currently, the FBI is investigating the Swiss on suspicion that he was aware of the bribes totaling 100 million US dollars (92 million euros) paid to former rulers in the football headquarters.
According to the British media giant BBC, the sports marketing company ISL has provided a number of colossal amount of dignitaries, including the former President of FIFA Joao Havelange and the former official, Ricardo Teixeira. In exchange, the ISL has received television and marketing rights in the 90s of the last century.
Blatter himself claims he is not familiar with such payments, but BBC did get a letter in the documentary exchange, which placed allegations of the Swiss.
It is suggested that the letter was the work of Havelange and concerns just paying to the ISL. The former manager stressed that his successor Blatter has had full knowledge of the actions and has always been informed about them.
Blatter was the first deputy of Havelange until the last at the helm of FIFA. The Swiss took the power in 1998.

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