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Ex-Costa Rican soccer chief Li pleads guilty in U.S. bribery case
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Fri Oct 7, 2016 | 5:23pm EDT
Ex-Costa Rican soccer chief Li pleads guilty in U.S. bribery case
By Nate Raymond | NEW YORK
A former Costa Rican soccer federation president charged in a U.S. corruption probe involving the sport's global governing body FIFA pleaded guilty on Friday, admitting he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.
Eduardo Li, also an ex-member of the executive committee for the North and Central American and Caribbean soccer confederation, CONCACAF, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to charges including wire fraud and racketeering conspiracy.
In court, Li said as president of Costa Rica's soccer federation, FEDEFUT, he accepted bribes to award contracts for media and marketing rights for matches and for sponsoring team uniforms.
"I knew that it was wrong of me to accept such undisclosed payments," Li said through a Spanish interpreter.
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Ex-Costa Rican soccer chief Li pleads guilty in U.S. bribery case
By Nate Raymond | NEW YORK
A former Costa Rican soccer federation president charged in a U.S. corruption probe involving the sport's global governing body FIFA pleaded guilty on Friday, admitting he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.
Eduardo Li, also an ex-member of the executive committee for the North and Central American and Caribbean soccer confederation, CONCACAF, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to charges including wire fraud and racketeering conspiracy.
In court, Li said as president of Costa Rica's soccer federation, FEDEFUT, he accepted bribes to award contracts for media and marketing rights for matches and for sponsoring team uniforms.
"I knew that it was wrong of me to accept such undisclosed payments," Li said through a Spanish interpreter.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa-court-idUSKCN1271EB
