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Knitting Beetles
Feb 4, 2006

Fallen Rib

OMGVBFLOL posted:

that dude waited months and months to roll that one out, he couldn't wait

He came up with that line first and started an investigation to make it happen.

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Jan 22, 2014

Pvt Dancer posted:

He came up with that line first and started an investigation to make it happen.

guarantee he practiced it like 50 times in the car on the way to the press briefing

"world cup of fraud.. of fraud.. we're showing them.. giving them.. a red card. im handing them a red card. im giving them... a red card. yeah."

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

mikemil828 posted:

The people indicted are not Swiss nationals, so the Swiss don't care, Blatter however is, and that is going to be the hard part, extraditing him.

I this true? Swiss have taken it up the rear end for banks lately from the U.S.

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
is the world cup still happening in qatar?

if I were the leader of a moral nation I'd refuse to participate and organize an alternate tourney

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

Subscription only, but thx

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

Moridin920 posted:

is the world cup still happening in qatar?

if I were the leader of a moral nation I'd refuse to participate and organize an alternate tourney

NBA finals and the stanly cup are on now. They have similar ratings with those countries have an AGI of 5k that watch Fifa

old fat bird
Oct 27, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
Americans don't even give a poo poo about soccer?? how are the countries that actually care about FIFA not pointing out how stupid it is that it's the loving U.S. that finally cracked down on Fifa (except the President of course)

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k

Monstrous Dooklord posted:

Americans don't even give a poo poo about soccer?? how are the countries that actually care about FIFA not pointing out how stupid it is that it's the loving U.S. that finally cracked down on Fifa (except the President of course)

Only Americans have the right to judge other people. It's in our constitution, and god signed that you loving donkey.

Fetus Tree
Feb 2, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 2 years!

Monstrous Dooklord posted:

Americans don't even give a poo poo about soccer?? how are the countries that actually care about FIFA not pointing out how stupid it is that it's the loving U.S. that finally cracked down on Fifa (except the President of course)

lol because theyre ashamed that a country that doesnt even know the name of the sport is going to save it from evil


it is loving hilarious

tater_salad
Sep 15, 2007


JakeP posted:

murcan footballers just beat their wives and children and murder dudes

Eur fotbollers just drive rovers and act tough

old fat bird
Oct 27, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
it's actually loving horrifying, America is the worlds police because the rest of the world is full of giant loving fairaeis apparently, You guys can't stand up to the Soccer guys, Iraqis are such giant pussies they can't even defend their own country. JFC the entire world is in an abusive relationship with the U.S.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Shinjobi posted:

Only Americans have the right to judge other people. It's in our constitution, and god signed that you loving donkey.

Only only americans have enough moral backbone to save the world from Hitler and Blatter

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009

Gypsum Fantastic posted:

I'm loving the statements from world cup sponsors Nike, McDonalds and Coca-Cola who are all shocked and outraged that any corporation can run so unethically...

Good job though America, you done alright this time.

Post the quotes if you got them.



You know, if Occulus Rift had an interactive virtual FIFA arrest simulator, sales would go through the roof.

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k

etalian posted:

Only only americans have enough moral backbone to save the world from Hitler and Blatter

:911:

Unknowable Hole
Feb 2, 2005


Pillbug
Soccer is the only sport where the women cry less than the men, and we still fuckin helped you guys. This should buy us at least 2 more illegal wars right?

Nanomashoes
Aug 18, 2012

5er posted:

Five years after what? The mirror smash thing seems to have happened only a year ago.

"On 2 December 2010, Russia and Qatar were selected as the locations for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups respectively."

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
Just skip to Russia, I'm sure they'll appreciate the bone throw at least.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Moridin920 posted:

Just skip to Russia, I'm sure they'll appreciate the bone throw at least.

It's going to be good seeing how the Sochi olympics were unintentionally hilarious such as all the amazing slav craftsmanship for the buildings.

Fetus Tree
Feb 2, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 2 years!
Lol whut. ESPN saying this investigation has been going on for 24 YEARS?

if thats true then

hahahahahahahahhhahha whaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooowwww

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Fetus Tree posted:

Lol whut. ESPN saying this investigation has been going on for 24 YEARS?

if thats true then

hahahahahahahahhhahha whaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooowwww

Over 24 needed to figure out FIFA is corrupt piece of poo poo bribe collecting organization

A Winner is Jew
Feb 14, 2008

by exmarx

etalian posted:

Over 24 needed to figure out FIFA is corrupt piece of poo poo bribe collecting organization

24 years worth of evidence that the DOJ will cram up the rear end of everyone in FIFA

in the words of the american version of Shakespeare

Kinetica
Aug 16, 2011
Best part of this is that the Swiss are handing them all over

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009
164 page indictment.

http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/450211/download

quote:

FIFA was the international body governing organized soccer, commonly known outside the United States as football.

This amuses me to no end :allears:

quote:

According to its published income statement for the 2007-2010 financial period, FIFA had total revenues of $4.189 billion, 83% of which ($3.480 billion) was attributable to the sale of television and marketing rights to the 2010 World Cup. FIFA's profits during this same period were $631 million.

According to its published income statement for the 2011-2014 financial period, FIFA had total revenues of $5.718 billion, 70% of which ($4.008 billion) was attributable to the sale of television and marketing rights to the 2014 World Cup. FIFA's profits during this sp.me period were $338 million.

quote:

13. FIFA first instituted a written code of ethics in October 2004, which code was revised in 2006, again in 2009, and most recently in 2012 (generally, the "code of ethics") . The code of ethics governed the conduct of soccer "officials," which expressly included, among others, various individuals with responsibilities within FIFA, the confederations, member associations, leagues, and clubs. Among other things; the code of ethics provided that soccer officials were prohibited from accepting bribes or cash gifts and from otherwise abusing their
positions for personal gain. The code of ethics further provided, from its inception, that soccer officials owed certain duties to FIFA and its confederations and member associations, including a duty of absolute loyalty. By 2009, the code of ethics explicitly recognized that FIFA officials stand in a fiduciary relationship to FIFA and its constituent confederations, member associations, leagues, and clubs.

quote:

In June 2014, CONCACAF adopted a code of ethics that, among other things, prohibited bribery and corruption.

quote:

28. The revenue generated by the commercialization of the media and marketing rights associated with soccer constituted an essential source of revenue for the enterprise. The United States was an increasingly important and lucrative
market for the commercialization of these rights.

:911:

quote:

32. The defendant EUGENIO FIGUEREDO, a citizen of the United States and Uruguay, was an individual employed by and associated with the enterprise. In or about and between May 2013 and the present, FIGUEREDO was a member of FIFA's executive committee and a FIFA vice president. At various times relevant to the ·Indictment, FIGUEREDO also served on multiple FIFA standing committees, including the finance committee and the organizing committee for the World Cup. Ih or about and between April 2013 and August 2014, FIGUEREDO served as the CONMEBOL president; prior to that, he had served as one of CONMEBOL's vice presidents. In or about and between 1997 and 2006, FIGUEREDO served as the president of the Asociaci6n Uruguaya de F6tbol, the Uruguayan soccer federation, which was a national
member association of FIFA and CONMEBOL. From at least in or about 2005 to the present, FIGUEREDO maintained a residence in the United States, specifically in Arcadia, California. According to a naturalization application FIGUEREDO filed in 2005 with U.S. immigration authorities, beginning in 1997 FIGUEREDO worked in "sales" at a "decorative rock" business in Irwindale, California. In his application, FIGUEREDO falsely affirmed under penalty of perjury that (a) he neither worked anywhere else in the previous five years nor ever had any affiliation with any organization or association in the United. States or in any other place; and (b) he was exempt from the required English· language and civics exams because of a mental disability. Prior to obtaining his U.S. citizenship in· August 2006, FIGUEREDO submitted documentation explaining his mental disability that falsely stated that he had severe dementia.

Starting to get good.

Helical Nightmares fucked around with this message at 06:37 on May 28, 2015

NEED TOILET PAPER
Mar 22, 2013

by XyloJW
[X] Kaiser Wilhelm
[X] Hitler
[ ] Blatter

saving the world from nutball germans for ~100 years :911:

Fetus Tree posted:

Lol whut. ESPN saying this investigation has been going on for 24 YEARS?

if thats true then

hahahahahahahahhhahha whaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooowwww

when the DoJ shoots, it shoots to kill. 93% conviction rates don't come with scanty evidence.

NEED TOILET PAPER fucked around with this message at 06:48 on May 28, 2015

The Taint Reaper
Sep 4, 2012

by Shine
Tories taking over and soccer is getting put in it's place.

Europe is on the road to fixing itself.

opus111
Jul 6, 2014

The Taint Reaper posted:

Tories taking over and soccer is getting put in it's place.

Europe is on the road to fixing itself.

actually this is good for football, since FIFA have been slowly killing it.

i don't know why loads of americans think euros are gonna be pissed about this....

lordoftheT
Feb 2, 2015

Check out this cool dog!
I imagine it is because we don't care enough about this lame rear end sport to know how they would actually feel about this.

sincx
Jul 13, 2012

furiously masturbating to anime titties

I love how the DOJ says "FIFA was the international body governing organized soccer."

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

opus111 posted:

actually this is good for football, since FIFA have been slowly killing it.

i don't know why loads of americans think euros are gonna be pissed about this....

Maybe europe can return the favor by going after honest organizations like the NFL.

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009
Continuing.

After indicating 25 co-consipirators

quote:

70. The foregoing officials of FIFA, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and other soccer governing bodies were bound by fiduciary duties to each of their respective organizations. IV; The Conspirators' Corruption of the Enterprise

quote:


IV; The Conspirators' Corruption of the Enterprise

71. Certain individuals and entities employed by and associated with the enterprise, including the defendants JEFFREY WEBB, EDUARDO L I , JULIO ROCHA, COSTAS TAKKAS, JACK WARNER, EUGENIO FIGUEREDO, RAFAEL ESQUIVEL, JOSE MARIA MARIN, NICOLAS LEOZ, ALEJANDRO BURZACO, AARON DAVIDSON, HUGO J I N K I S , MARIANO JINKIS, and JOSE MARGULIES, together with others, conspired with one another to use their positions within the enterprise to engage in schemes involving the solicitation, offer, acceptance, payment, and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments~
bribes, and kickbacks.

Although they also helped pursue the principal purpose of the enterprise, the defendants and their co-conspirators corrupted the enterprise by engaging in various criminal activities, including fraud, bribery, and money laundering, in pursuit of personal and commercial gain. The defendants also participated in the corruption of the enterprise
by conspiring with and aiding and abetting their co-conspirators in the abuse of their positions of trust and the violation of their fiduciary duties.

72. To further their corrupt ends, the defendants and their co-conspirators provided one another with mutual aid and protection. The conspirators engaged in conduct designed to prevent the detection of their illegal activities, to conceal the location and ownership of proceeds of those activities, and to promote the carrying on of those activities. The conduct engaged in by various members of the conspiracy included, among other things: the use of "consulting services" agreements and other similar types of contracts to create an appearance of legitimacy for illicit payments; the use of .various mechanisms, including trusted intermediaries, bankers, financial advisors,and currency dealers, to make and facilitate the making of illicit payments; the creation and use of shell companies, nominees, and numbered bank accounts in tax havens and other secretive banking jurisdictions; the active concealment of foreign bank accounts; the structuring of financial transactions to avoid currency reporting requirements; bulk cash smuggling; the purchase of real property and other physical assets; the use
of safe deposit boxes; income tax evasion; and obstruction of justice. Within the United States, such conduct took place
within the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere.

73. The damage inflicted by the defendants and their co-conspirators was far-reaching. By conspiring to enrich themselves through bribery and kickback schemes relating to media and marketing rights, among other schemes, the defendants deprived FIFA, the confederations, and their constituent organizations - and, therefore, the national member associations, national teams, youth leagues, and development programs that rely on financial support from their parent organizations - of the full value of those rights. In addition, the schemes had powerful anti-competitive effects, distorting the market for the commercial rights associated with soccer and undermining the ability of other sports marketing companies to compete for such rights on terms more favorable to the rightsholders. Finally, the schemes deprived FIFA, the confederations, and their constituent organizations of their right to the honest and loyal services of the soccer officials involved. Over time, and in the aggregate, such deprivations inflicted significant reputational harm on the victimized institutions, damaging their prospects for attracting conscientious members and leaders and limiting their ability to operate effectively and carry out their core missions.

Also to note EVERY American property owned by the defendants are mentioned. The Feds are going to take all of this poo poo. :flashfap:

Helical Nightmares fucked around with this message at 07:10 on May 28, 2015

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
world police all up in this bitch

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009

Fetus Tree posted:

Lol whut. ESPN saying this investigation has been going on for 24 YEARS?

if thats true then

hahahahahahahahhhahha whaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooowwww

I think this is where the 25 years comes in.

quote:


V. Overview of the Racketeering Conspiracy

74. Over a period of approximately 25 years, the
defendants and their co-conspirators rose to positions of power and influence in the world of organized soccer. During that same period, sometimes with the assistance of the defendants and their co-conspirators, a network of marketing companies developed to capitalize on the expanding media market for the sport, particularly in the United States. Over time, the organizations formed to promote and govern soccer in regions and localities throughout the world, including the United States,
became increasingly intertwined with one another and with the sports marketing companies that enabled them to generate unprecedented profits through the sale of media rights to soccer
matches. The corruption of the enterprise arose and flourished in this context.

DoctorStrangelove
Jun 7, 2012

IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT MEIN FUHRER!

Uncle Sam needs you to die Sepp!

The Taint Reaper
Sep 4, 2012

by Shine
AMERICA IS NOT THE HERO SOCCER DESERVES, AMERICA IS THE HERO IT NEEDS!

MUSCULAR BEAVER
Dec 26, 2014

HENDO! HENDO!

Moridin920 posted:

world police all up in this bitch

MUSCULAR BEAVER fucked around with this message at 07:29 on May 28, 2015

SeventhSeven
Jun 28, 2009

Helical Nightmares posted:

Also to note EVERY American property owned by the defendants are mentioned. The Feds are going to take all of this poo poo. :flashfap:

Zillow links please? I want to see...

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009
Fed touchdown dance

quote:


75. The corruption of the enterprise became endemic. Certain defendants and co-conspirators rose to power, unlawfully amassed significant personal fortunes by defrauding the organizations they were chosen to serve, and were exposed and then either expelled from those organizations or forced to resign. Other defendants and co-conspirators came to power in the wake of scandal, promising reform. Rather than repair the
harm done to the sport and its institutions, however, these defendants and co-conspirators quickly engaged in the same unlawful practices that had enriched their predecessors.

Starting to get into specifics

quote:

77. In Trinidad and Tobago and elsewhere, the defendant JACK WARNER established and controlled numerous bank accounts and corporate entities in which he mingled his personal assets and those of CONCACAF, CFU, and TTFF~ Beginning in the early 1990s, WARNER, often with the assistance of Co-Conspirator #1, began to leverage his influence and exploit his official positions for personal gain. Among other things, WARNER began to solicit and accept bribes in connection with his official duties, including the selection of the host nation for the World Cups held in 1998 and 2010, which he participated in as a member of the FIFA executive committee.

78. The defendant JACK WARNER also become involved in a number of other schemes, including the diversion of FIFA, CONCACAF, and CFU funds into accounts that he controlled and used for his personal benefit. Among other things, WARNER funded a 2005 purchase of a Miami, Florida condominium, held in the name of a member of his family, with money drawn from an account held in the name of a soccer facility that was ostensibly affiliated with CONCACAF and was supported in part through FAP funds.


FAP indeed.

Helical Nightmares fucked around with this message at 07:38 on May 28, 2015

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k
This is fun.

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009

SeventhSeven posted:

Zillow links please? I want to see...

Addresses not given. Just city and state.

quote:

81. Beginning in the early 1990s, as the value of the rights associated with the Copa America increased, various CONMEBOL officials, including the defendant NICOLAS LEOZ, began soliciting bribe payments from Co-Conspirator #2 in exchange for the performance of various acts, including the renewal of the Copa America contract. Co-Conspirator #2 agreed to pay. Over time, Co-Conspirator #2 agreed to pay and paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes to CONMEBOL officials in connection with,· among other things, the Copa America contracts, media and
marketing rights to other South American soccer tournaments, and sponsorship rights acquired by United States sportswear companies.

82. Co-Conspirator #2 used a number of sophisticated money launderitig techniques to pay bribes and kickbacks, often relying on intermediaries to make and conceal bribe payments to the defendant NICOLAS LEOZ and other soccer officials. One such intermediary was the defendant JOSE MARGULIES; .the brother of a late friend of Co-Conspirator #2. MARGULIES used accounts in the names of offshore corporations that were held at United States financial institutions to make payments on Co-Conspirator #2's behalf.

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Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009
This whole thing screams tax evasion.

quote:

B. The Growth of the Sports Marketing Companies
83. In or about 1992, Co-Conspirator #2 relocated
from Brazil to the United States, where he began negotiations with the defendant JACK WARNER and Co-Conspirator #1 to acquire the marketing rights to the Gold Cup, CONCACAF's men's national team tournament, for Traffic's United States affiliate, Traffic USA, which was based in Miami, Florida. Co-Conspirator #2, with the assistance of Co-Conspirator #3, a U.S.-based co­ conspirator, won the contract, which was subsequently amended and renewed so that Traffic acquired the rights to the five editions of the Gold Cup played between 1996 and 2003. In connection with the acquisition and renewal of those rights, Co­ Conspirator #2 and Co-Conspirator #3 together caused bribe payments to be made to WARNER and Co-Conspirator #1.

84. In the late 1990s and 2000s, Traffic, through
Traffic USA, continued to grow its business with CONCACAF and its regional federations and member associations. Co­ Conspirator #2 and several high-ranking executives working at Traffic USA engaged in a number of bribery and fraud schemes in connection with their efforts to obtain various rights from CONCACAF, CFU, and various federations in the region, including the federations from Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. The Traffic USA executives involved in these schemesincluded, among others, the defendant AARON DAVIDSON and Co­ Conspirator #4. The beneficiaries of the schemes included, among others, the defendants JACK WARNER, EDUARDO LI, the president of the Costa Rican soccer federation, and JULIO ROCHA, at the time the president of the Nicaraguan soccer federation and subsequently a FIFA development officer.

85. As Traffic attempted to expand its operations and develop its ties with CONCACAF and CONMEBOL, several competing sports marketing companies sought a share of the growing profits associated with organized soccer. Frequently, those companies, like Traffic, paid bribes to soccer officials in order to win business.

86. Sports Marketing Company A, a New Jersey-based company owned and operated by Co-Conspirator #5, was one such company. In or about 1996, CONMEBOL designated Sports Marketing Company A as its marketing agent for sponsorship and title sponsorship rights associated with the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier club team tournament. Co~Conspirator #5, either directly through Sports Marketing Company A or indirectly through affiliates, thereafter acted as agent in multi-party contracts to sell certain marketing rights to the tournament.
At various times between the late 1990s and 2012, Co-Conspirator #5 used bank accounts in New York, New York and elsewhere to pay bribes and kickbacks to the defendant NICOLAS LEOZ and to Co­ Conspirator #8 to maintain these rights in connection with editions of the tournament through 2012.

87. Other sports marketing companies that competed for business in the region with Traffic included Torneos, controlled by the defendant ALEJANDRO BURZACO, Full Play, controlled by the defendants HUGO JINKIS and MARIANO JINKIS, and Sports Marketing Company B, controlled by Co-Conspirator #6. At
times, these companies worked in conflict with one another, each seeking to win business from soccer organizations in the CONMEBOL and CONCACAF regions. At other times, the companies
worked in concert, entering into contracts to share the media rights obtained from soccer organizations. All of these sports
marketing companies at various times and at the direction of the defendants ALEJANDRO BURZACO, HUGO JINKIS, MARIANO JINKIS, and Co-Conspirator #6, paid bribes and kickbacks to obtain and retain media rights contracts, with the defendant JOSE MARGULIES at times operating as an intermediary to facilitate and conceal these payments.

88. Over the course of the racketeering conspiracy, the defendant JOSE MARGULIES used the Margulies Intermediaries' accounts at United States financial institutions to move millions of dollars among the sports marketing companies and to soccer officials who were the recipients of illicit payments. MARGULIES took additional steps to conceal the nature of the payments he was facilitating beyond his use of the U.S.-based accounts. For example, he used the services of currency
dealers, he regularly shredded records of his activities, and he discouraged soccer officials who were receiving payments from using accounts in their own names lest they draw attention from law enforcement, though they did not always heed his advice.
To take one five-year period, for example, between March 2003 and March 2008, the Margulies Intermediaries wired more than $3.5 million into accounts controlled by the defendants RAFAEL ESQUIVEL, NICOLAS LEOZ, and EUGENIO FIGUEREDO, almost entirely through even, six-figure payments. MARGULIES continued his involvement in facilitating bribe payments up to the present and, indeed, remained open to participating in new schemes: as recently as 2014, MARGULIES discussed with a co-conspirator an opportunity to render his services to a new sports marketing business, offering to facilitate bribe payments for a $150,000 annual fee and a commission of 2% per payment.

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