{"id":121878,"date":"2015-06-03T20:16:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T20:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=121878"},"modified":"2015-06-03T20:37:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T20:37:05","slug":"chuck-blazer-admits-facilitating-acceptance-of-bribes-at-fifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/06\/chuck-blazer-admits-facilitating-acceptance-of-bribes-at-fifa\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Blazer admits facilitating acceptance of bribes at FIFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA whistleblower Chuck Blazer has admitted facilitating the acceptance of bribes over the awarding of the 1998 and 2010 World Cups.<\/p>\n<p>Blazer admitted he and others on FIFA&#8217;s executive committee member took bribes in a testimony published\u00a0by the United States Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Blazer, the former FIFA executive committee member, CONCACAF general secretary and executive vice president of the US Soccer Federation, said in the testimony: &#8220;I agreed with other persons in or\u00a0around 1992 to facilitate the acceptance of a bribe in conjunction with the\u00a0selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I and others agree that I or a co-conspirator would commit at least two acts of racketeering activity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Beginning in, or around, 2004 and continuing to 2011, I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While acting in our official capacities we agreed to participate in a scheme\u00a0to defraud FIFA and CONCACAF on the right to honest services by taking undisclosed bribes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The American, now seriously ill, added back in 2013 that he also accepted backhanders for the CONCACAF affiliated Gold Cups, equivalent to the UEFA European Championship.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;In and around 1993 and continuing through the early 2000s I and others agreed to accept bribes and kick-backs in conjunction with the broadcast and other rights to the &#8217;96, &#8217;98, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Gold Cups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Sky Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA whistleblower Chuck Blazer has admitted facilitating the acceptance of bribes over the awarding of the 1998 and 2010 World Cups. 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