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A U.S. Tax Investigation Snowballed to Stun the Soccer World
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The FBI and the IRS were working on the same investigation of FIFA from different directions and began working together since Dec. 2011, as they found that the same people were involved. Richard Weber of the IRS, says another round of indictments can be expected. The IRS case starts with investigation into tax fraud and one discovery leads to another in the case. By 2013 Chuck Blazer had pleaded guilty to tax and corruption charges and agreed to cooperate with the IRS and the FBI, leading to the breakthroughs that followed. Enhanced cooperation between the Justice Department and international banks since the indictments against banks for illicit operations has made banks willing to cooperate with investigations fully. Once the case was built up getting FIFA officials at one place for the meeting in Zurich made it easier to make the arrests.
How separate investigations by the IRS and the FBI led to the Justice Department case against FIFA officals
05/29/2015
Matt Apuzzo of the NYT shows how separate investigations of the FBI and the IRS led to the same people involved. The use of American banks for money transfers helps in prosecution of the case in American courts. About $10 million in bribes were paid to bring the World Cup Soccer games to South Africa. Reporters of the The Sunday Times were working on an undercover assignment looking into corruption in FIFA at the time of the investigations by the IRS and the FBI.
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