An Argentine private banker who worked for Credit Suisse and Julius Baer helped deliver more than $25 million in bribe payments to world soccer officials with the help of forged documents, shell companies and Swiss bank accounts. The banker, Jorge Arzuaga, 56, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court Thursday to one count of international money laundering conspiracy, and agreed to forfeit $1 million in illicit payments he received for his services. His co-conspirators, including one of the most senior former officials at FIFA, facilitated the scheme by lying on bank account ownership records, disguising the illicit wires as payments for...
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