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Date Posted: 00:18:50 05/27/15 Wed
Author: Frank Clark
Author Host/IP: 71.135.168.178
Subject: Soccer is corrupt? No way!!

U.S. authorities are preparing to unveil a criminal indictment against officials of soccer’s international governing body that will detail allegations of widespread corruption, according to people familiar with the matter.

The indictment against officials of the International Federation of Association Football, known as FIFA, was expected to be unsealed in Brooklyn federal court against multiple individuals as early as Wednesday morning, the people said. Authorities were expected to make a series of early morning arrests. It wasn’t immediately clear who would be charged, though the indictment was expected to include at least some current officials, these people said.

A FIFA spokesman couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

Prosecutors expect to announce the case at a news conference at the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office, which is leading the investigation. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey and Internal Revenue Service criminal chief Richard Weber are expected to appear in Brooklyn to announce the case, the people said.

The indictment is likely to roil the governing body of the world’s most popular sport, which has been dogged by allegations of corruption and bribery for years.

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