Football: Briton Pleads Guilty In FIFA Scandal
Muhammad Rameez Published May 25, 2017 | 08:20 AM
NEW YORK, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th May, 2017 ) - A 60-year-old British citizen pleaded guilty in New York on Wednesday to money laundering conspiracy in connection with the sweeping corruption scandal that has rocked world soccer.
Costas Takkas, the former Cayman Islands Football Federation general secretary, has been living under house arrest in Florida after initially pleading not guilty and being released on a $1 million bond.
The accountant was one of six FIFA officials dramatically arrested in May 2015 in Zurich at the request of US authorities when the massive US investigation was first unveiled. He was extradited to New York in March 2016.
Takkas pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy in connection with the receipt and transmission of millions of Dollars in bribes to then-FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb, prosecutors said.
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