Rafael Callejas, former president of Honduras and former President of the Federation Honduran soccer pleaded guilty Monday 28 March, before the Brooklyn federal court to conspiracy for the purpose of fraud, racketeering and money laundering in the corruption scandal to the international Football Federation (FIFA). In December, he pleaded not guilty to the same offense. Accused by the US court of eight offenses of fraud, racketeering and money laundering, he will know his sentence on August 5, said the court.
As part of his guilty plea, Mr. Callejas, 72, president of Honduras from 1990 to 1994 and former member of the FIFA marketing and television Committee, has pledged $ 650,000, including $ 180,000 he must pay within a week, the balance to be paid within twelve months.
“I knew it was dishonest” , said Rafael Callejas, in reference to those of bribes received in exchange the allocation for Media world, a Florida company, the TV rights and marketing rights of the Honduran qualifying matches for the world Cup 2014, 2018 and 2022. the American justice accuses Mr. Callejas thus have cashed $ 1.6 million between March 2011 and January 2013.
$ 200 million of bribes
Corruption, money laundering, fraud , racket: a total of 39 people and two companies to date are challenged by the US court, which investigates wrongdoing to FIFA and to the summit of world football. Essentially, officials implicated belong to Conmebol (CONMEBOL) or CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean).
This planetary scandal erupted on May 27 with the dramatic arrest of seven senior officers in Zurich, at the request of the United States just before the election of the FIFA President. According to the US court, $ 200 million of bribes allegedly circulated to FIFA since 1991.
Within the FIFA, the case led to the resignation of Joseph Blatter, June 2 from his post as president of world football, just four days after his re-election for a fifth term. After a long interim conducted by the Cameroonian Issa Hayatou, FIFA has found a president on February 26 with the Italo-Swiss Gianni Infantino, former number two of Michel Platini at UEFA, the European federation.
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