really looking for serious change, it begins with the situations like this. and there s no question that the election on friday if sepp blatter does not win, he s expected to win, he s a favorite, but if this does affect how the election goes i think people will look back at the arrest this morning, and the investigation coming out and see it as a very historic moment. you know, in the legacy of fifa and global soccer. jonathan it s loretta lynch who is really the top cop here. that s right. the one part i was trying to add to that is there was no allegation today that any world cup game or gold cup games were fixed. they re alleging the corruption is in the marketing and the way the organization and its umbrella units were run, the way bids were offered, the way contracts were awarded, and the way executives used it alleged three enrich themselves. there allegedly enrich themselves. there was no allegation that any of the soccer games were fixed or bribes paid to fix a score.
i am honored to be joined by director james comey of the fbi by acting u.s. attorney kelly curry in the eastern district of new york and chief of investigation richard weber of the irs criminal investigation division. we re here to announce the unsealing of charges and arrest of individuals as part of our long running investigation into bribery and corruption in the world of organized soccer. many of the individuals and organizations we will describe today were entrusted with keeping soccer open and assessable to all. they held important responsibilities at every level from building soccer fields for children in developing countryies to organizing the world cup. they were expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest and to protect the integrity of the game. instead they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interests and to enrich themselves. this department of justice is determined to end these
happens domestically, and you guys were eluding earlier in your conversation a lot centers around north american soccer specifically specifically sports marketing agents and were they in fact trying to embezzle money onwards for certain sponsorship opportunities. in an area of the world we re so concerned with the growth of the game specifically in this country, if there was found to be a great irregularity in terms of how these payments were doled out, i think that could be a serious, serious ramification overall. luke and joe, thank you both for being with me. we are going to continue monitoring this situation. as a matter of fact, we re expecting that press conference from the justice department and the fbi in just moments on this widespread 20-year-long what they are calling systemic corruption in the fifa world cup organizing committee. we re going to take a short break and be right back with a
suspected this organization, fifa, was mired in corruption for decades but could never really prove it. soccer is known as the beautiful game but today no question, it s reeling from a scandal the fbi says spans generations and involves corruption totaling $150 million. the u.s. attorney general saying to fifa that s the group that runs this, the world s most popular sport, enough is enough. it wasn t the wakeup call they expected a hotel sheet is used to hide the arrest of some of soccer s top officials. six men were taken from the exclusive swiss hotel where they were preparing to elect the leader of the world s richest sporting organization. among them, a vice president who runs the u.s. region. fifa runs global soccer. the u.s. indictment charges the when racketeering wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracies in a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves involving
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