December 2011. An overweight, bearded American man is approached by FBI agents outside his apartment in Trump Tower. He owes $11 million in unpaid taxes on hidden income. He keeps a separate apartment in the same building — for his cats. His name is Chuck Blazer, and he is about to become the most consequential informant in the history of world football.

In this episode:

• How Chuck Blazer rose from a youth-team organiser in Westchester County to General Secretary of CONCACAF

• The IRS investigation that gave the FBI its leverage — and the wire he wore to the 2012 London Olympics

• Blazer's November 2013 sealed guilty plea: 10 federal counts including racketeering, wire fraud, and tax evasion

• The bribes Blazer admitted accepting — including for the 2010 World Cup vote that sent the tournament to South Africa ...