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June 3, 2021
Swiss Bank Admits to Laundering over $36 Million in FIFA Bribes
Bank Julius Baer has agreed to pay nearly $80 million in penalties for its role in soccer bribery scheme.
Switzerland-based Bank Julius Baer has admitted to conspiring to launder more than $36 million in bribes through the US to FIFA soccer officials.
The 131-year old bank signed a three-year deferred prosecution agreement with the US government in which it acknowledged its involvement in the money laundering conspiracy, which the US Justice Department says fueled an international soccer bribery scheme. The bank has agreed to pay close to $80 million in penalties, which includes a fine of more than $43.3 million and forfeiture of nearly $36.4 million.
Swiss bank Julius Baer entered a deferred prosecution agreement and will pay $80 million for its role in a money laundering conspiracy linked to world soccer federation FIFA, the Department of Justice announced.