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Disgraced Chuck Blazer given life ban from football by Fifa ethics committee
Source: The Guardian
Disgraced Chuck Blazer given life ban from football by Fifa ethics committee
Guardian sport
Thursday 9 July 2015 09.27 BST
The disgraced former Fifa executive Chuck Blazer has been handed a life ban from all football-related activity by Fifa’s ethics committee for bribery and other corruption.
In a statement, Fifa’s ethics panel said Blazer had “committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at Fifa and Concacaf.
“In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, payment and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, bribes and kickbacks as well as other money-making schemes.”
Blazer, 70, pleaded guilty to 10 charges, including bribery, money laundering and tax evasion, in 2013. The charges carried a maximum concurrent imprisonment term of 75 years, but Blazer agreed to become an informant for the FBI and US justice department in return for immunity from prosecution.
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Guardian sport
Thursday 9 July 2015 09.27 BST
The disgraced former Fifa executive Chuck Blazer has been handed a life ban from all football-related activity by Fifa’s ethics committee for bribery and other corruption.
In a statement, Fifa’s ethics panel said Blazer had “committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at Fifa and Concacaf.
“In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, payment and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, bribes and kickbacks as well as other money-making schemes.”
Blazer, 70, pleaded guilty to 10 charges, including bribery, money laundering and tax evasion, in 2013. The charges carried a maximum concurrent imprisonment term of 75 years, but Blazer agreed to become an informant for the FBI and US justice department in return for immunity from prosecution.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jul/09/chuck-blazer-lifetime-ban-football-fifa-ethics-committee
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