Leading TV channels gave bribes to FIFA for the right to display world championship matches

15 November 2017, 12:57 | Football 
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In the case on the investigation of corruption in the International Football Federation, new witness statements.

A key witness in the case of corruption in FIFA Alejandro Burtsako spoke in court in New York.

Former head of the leading Argentine sports marketing company Torneos Competincias told the court about how Fox Sports, Globo and Grupo Televisa broadcast bribes for the right to broadcast world championship matches from 300 thousand dollars to 1.3 million, reports The Guardian..

In total, more than forty officials are being investigated in the corruption case, 23 have already been found guilty. Among them, and Burtsako, who was accused of fraud and money laundering.

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Источник: football.ua