The FBI gained approval to secretly monitor a Donald Trump associate after using a dossier of allegations that Russians were conspiring with Trump to help him win the presidential election.
More than a dozen people are expected to be charged following the pre-dawn arrests Thursday in Switzerland in the wide-ranging corruption probe of FIFA, soccer’s multibillion-dollar governing body.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s inside source on the FIFA investigation admitted to federal authorities that he took bribes from two countries that wanted to host the World Cup, according to ABC News. The informant, Charles Blazer, an American ex-FIFA executive committee member, pleaded guilty to tax evasion and fraud in 2013. New documents…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The primary target of the widening FIFA investigation has become the organization’s president, Sepp Blatter, the Los Angeles Times reports. Citing two sources who spoke on condition of anonymity, the Times writes that Blatter has become the focus of an investigation into bribery by the soccer’s world governing body. “He’s a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has unleashed a widespread assault on suspected corruption within FIFA and other soccer organizations on Wednesday. The National Journal reports that the Justice Department unsealed a 47-count indictment that includes racketeering, corruptions and conspiracy. The indictment outlines 12 different schemes over the past 25 years. One includes a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is stepping up its investigation of FIFA, the world soccer body that just announced it did nothing wrong, CNN reports. The FBI is investigating corruption issues that include the 2018 and 2022 bidding process. Even as the bureau presses on, the FIFA ethics committed announced Thursday that it found…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Did anybody find it surprising when Russia beat out England for the 2018 World Cup bid? How about Qatar beating the US for the 2022 bid? The FBI seems to think it strange. A group of agents with the “Eurasian organized crime” unit are investigating a possible email hacking related to…
