FIFA: US Department of Justice indicts 16 additional officers of CONMEBOL and CONCACAF

"A 92-count superseding indictment was unsealed earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging an additional 16 defendants with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, among other offenses, in connection with their participation in a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through the corruption of international soccer," stated the US Department of Justice on 03/12/2015.

The 16 accused persons have all held positions in CONMEBOL and CONCACAF; nine in the South American Confederation and seven in the Confederation of North America, Central and Caribbean.

This new indictment is the result of investigations by US justice after the indictment of 14 people, including nine leaders of international football, on 27/05/2015. "Taken together, the 27 defendants in the superseding indictment are alleged to have engaged in a number of schemes all designed to solicit and receive well over $200 million in bribes and kickbacks to sell lucrative media and marketing rights to international soccer tournaments and matches, among other valuable rights and properties,…