Episode notes
A spreadsheet. Rows of wire transfers. $50,000 here, $200,000 there, $3 million in a single transfer. Each line is a bribe. Each bribe bought a vote, a contract, a silence. This is the network behind the men who were arrested.
In this episode:
- The sports-marketing executives who built the corruption infrastructure — and pleaded guilty to it
- The money trail across continents: Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Miami
- The national football associations that took the money — and what it meant for grassroots football in the countries that needed funding most
- Who flipped, who fought, and who fled in the eighteen months after the Zurich arrests
Key documents cited:
- US Department of Justice superseding indictment, December 2015
- Second Circuit Court of Appeals opinion
- Guilty plea agreements unsealed via E.D.N.Y. court records
Full transcript and source links: thefifafiles.com/episodes/4-the-network
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