AG Lynch Says FIFA Corruption Probe Is Expanding And Remains Far From Over
The US Justice Department is expanding its probe on FIFA and says we’re likely to see more officials being investigated. U.S. Attorney General Loretta...
DOJ Probing Mega Banks HSBC, Standard Chartered For FIFA Scandal Money Laundering
In the latest development in the seemingly made-for-Hollywood events surrounding the FIFA scandal, United States regulators are probing major banks over their possible handling...
Desperate Russia Kicks Around Moon Landing Conspiracies To Deflect FIFA Scandal Questions
Grasping at conspiracy theory straws, Russia’s Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin has called for an international investigation into what he claims are murky details...
FIFA Scandal Noose Tightens As Third Largest Swiss Bank Launches Internal Probe
As we’ve seen over the last eight years, global mega-banks rarely launch internal investigations on their own volition. Instead they come one step ahead...
Embattled World Soccer Body FIFA Suspends Bidding On Future World Cups
FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke, the defacto spokesperson now that disgraced president Sepp Blatter is under investigation, said on Wednesday that FIFA would “postpone”...
FIFA Official Says Russia, Qatar Will Lose World Cup If Bribery Found
In light of recent revelations of endemic bribery and corruption its difficult to trust anything that world soccer governing body FIFA says. That being...
Germany Bribed Saudi Arabia With Arms Shipment To Secure 2006 World Cup
The FIFA bribery scandal continues to worsen, as it became known on Sunday that Germany provided an arms shipment to Saudi Arabia in return...
Athletic Apparel Company Nike Is Now Involved In Two Huge Scandals
Nike’s iconic swoosh brand may be significantly weakened over the summer as the company is embroiled in bribery and doping allegations, exposing a cutthroat...
Corrupt FIFA President, Fearing Arrest, Refuses To Attend Olympics Meeting In Switzerland
Formerly defiant FIFA ringleader Sepp Blatter, who is resigning as president of world football’s scandal-plagued governing body, has decided he’d rather not end up...
FBI Is Investigating Disgraced FIFA President Blatter For Bribery
The FIFA soccer scandal continues to widen as reports surfaced late Tuesday that the FBI and U.S. prosecutors are investigating Sepp Blatter, who announced...
Embattled World Soccer President Resigns In Shame After Latest Revelations
Sepp Blatter, head of corrupt world soccer body FIFA, announced he will step down as head of the governing body but only after a...
FIFA President Blatter, Who Oversaw Bribes, Re-Elected
D.C. isn’t the only body of rich men that wreaks of corruption. World soccer body FIFA, long known as perhaps the most corrupt sports...
Putin Sees Nothing Wrong With Bribes, Calls FIFA Probe Plot To Take World Cup Away From Russia
It should come as no surprise, in light of the rampant corruption and bribery associated with the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, that Russian President...
Nike May Face Criminal Charges In The FIFA Bribery Scandal
Athletic apparel giant Nike is heavily entangled in the massive FIFA bribery scandal according to analysis on the indictment released on Wednesday. Within the...
How Much Does It Cost To Host A World Cup? $10 Million In Bribes
International soccer is forever tainted as sordid revelations emerge about the politics behind hosting a formerly-prestigious World Cup event. Tournaments were awarded on nothing...
World Soccer Body FIFA Raided, Execs Arrested In Massive Corruption Probe
FIFA, the powerful yet deeply troubled governing body for soccer, was indicted in two probes led by U.S. and Swiss authorities. Acting on a...