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FBI Director Promises Scrutiny of Banks in Ongoing FIFA Crackdown

By Colby Adams

Federal officials intend to investigate whether financial institutions knowingly laundered bribe payments for several indicted leaders of the world's top soccer organization, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday. In a 161-page indictment unsealed Wednesday, New York federal prosecutors charged 14 individuals, including current and former senior officials of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), with accepting more than $150 million in bribes over 20 years to steer television and marketing rights worth several billions of dollars in revenue. The defendants, which include several high-ranking FIFA officials in Europe as well as the current and former presidents of the organization's...

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