FIFA: Juan Angel Napout pleads not guilty before a New York court after his extradition

"Juan Angel Napout, president of CONMEBOL and FIFA vice-president was extradited to the USA today (15/12/2015). He was handed over to two US police officers in Zurich, who accompanied him on the flight to New York (USA)," announced the FOJ (Swiss Federal Office of Justice) on 15/12/2015.

The Paraguayan Juan Angel Napout was arrested in Zurich (SUI) and detained for extradition to the United States on 03/12/2015. He was charged on the same day by the Justice Department of the United States. Juan Angel Napout is suspected, along with 15 others indicted on 03/12/2015, of racketeering, financial fraud and money laundering. He agreed to be extradited to the United States, on 08/12/2015.

The lawyer for Juan Angel Napout (57 years old) announced that he had pleaded not guilty when appearing before a court in New York, on 15/12/2015. "The US Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of New York accuses him of accepting bribes totalling millions of dollars in connection with the sale to various sports marketing firms of marketing rights to football tournaments in Latin America," stated the…