out of his own pocket to pay the bribe, they said, look, if you pursue this, we re going to sue you because you re blabbing and you signed right here you wouldn t. yeah. he wanted to suit russians and try to get his money back. he filed a lawsuit for a couple days the justice department threatened him and he withdrew that lawsuit. i think that lawsuit, if it had come out in the middle of last year s election would have caused a lot of attention to what had done with on in the russian-uranium scandal. steve: regarding the russian uranium scandal because it s been talked about a lot but people don t understand the details. right. steve: he has videotape and audiotapes apparently that prove that bribery was going on to get this thing done. yeah. the bribery was compromising different contractors that were working for the russians. same company. a company that business uranium one. rossatom, the company that s making bribe payments and compromising one of the most
election and to agreements regarding sponsorship of the brazilian national soccer team by a major u.s. sportswear company. in short, these individuals through these organizations engaged in bribery to decide who would televise games, where the games would be held and who would run the organization overseeing organized soccer worldwide. one of the most popular sports around the globe. while at least one fifa executive served as president without pay, he alone is alleged to have taken more than $10 million in bribes over a 19-year period and amassed a personal fortune. in many instances the defendants and co-conspirators planned aspects of this long running scheme in meetings held in the united states. they used banking and wire facilities in the u.s. to distribute their bribe payments and they planned to profit from their scheme in large part
are put out of the game. following the events of today, the independent ethics committee took action to ban those individuals named by the authorities from any activities at the national and international level. why does the united states care so much about world soccer officials? well crowds here tend to favor football and basketball. well the u.s. attorney general says alleged crimes actually took place right here on american soil. they planned aspects of this long-running scheme during meetings held here in the united states. they used the banking and the wire facilities of the u.s. to distribute their bribe payments and they planned to profit from their scheme in large part through promotional efforts directed at the growing u.s. market for soccer. all of these defendants abused the u.s. financial system and violated u.s. law. listen there are a lot of layers to this story. one of them being this american
brazilian national soccer team by a major u.s. sportswear company. in short, these individuals, through these organizations, engaged in bribery to decide who would televise games, where the games would be held and who would run the organization overseeing organized soccer worldwide. one of the most popular sports around the globe. and while at least one fifa executive served as concacaf president without pay, there was little involved as he alone is alleged to have taken more than $10 million in bribes over a 19-year period and amassed a personal fortune from its ill-gotten gains. in many instances the descendent descendents and coconspirators held meetings here in the united states, they used the banking and the wire facilities of the u.s. to distribute their bribe payments and planned to profit from their scheme in large part from promotional effortingss
years of conduct and concerns of a reported $150 million in alleged bribes and kickbacks. these individuals, through these organizations, engaged in bribery to decide who would televise games where the games would be held and who would run the organization overseeing organized soccer worldwide. one of the most popular sports around the globe. in many instances the defendants and their coconspirators planned aspects of this long-running scam during meetings held here in the united. they used the banking and wire facilities of the u.s. to distribute their bribe payments and they planned to profit from their scheme in large part through promotional efforts directed at the growing u.s. market for soccer. that was in new york today. meantime, the swiss launching an investigation of their own separate from that d.o.j. indictment. it focuses on how the 2018 world cup in russia and the 2022 world cup in qatar were allocated.