Argentine pair in FIFA corruption scandal admit paying bribes
Hugo Jinkis and Mariano Jinkis were initially charged after a sprawling 2015 probe that rocked governing body FIFA and continental confederations for South and North America. Leer más
Two Argentine sports marketing executives, Hugo Jinkis and his son Mariano, have admitted to paying bribes to FIFA officials in a major corruption scandal, according to US prosecutors. The father and son struck a deal with federal investigators to avoid going to trial, as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. They are accused of devising a scheme to defraud FIFA, CONCACAF, and CONMEBOL, which involved paying and indeed paid tens of millions of dollars in commercial bribes to soccer executives in exchange for securing lucrative media and marketing rights to various tournaments.
These rights included matches from World Cup qualifiers and the Copa America. The men have also agreed to forfeit US$50 million as part of their plea deal.
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