- The world football association Fifa and other regional associations are to receive 92 million US dollars in compensation.
- The US Department of Justice gave them the money. It comes from convicted officials and companies.
- It is the wave of investigations, as a result of which the then Fifa President Sepp Blatter resigned.
The convicts cheated not only FIFA but also the South American association (Conmebol) and the association of Central and North America (Concacaf) for years by paying bribes and other crimes out of considerable sums.
In the meantime, more than 50 people from more than 20 countries have been sentenced, who had caused damage, especially in the business of media rights for tournaments.
Because of these investigations, Blatter resigned
In total, the US justice system recognized losses of $201 million from the cases last August. At that time, 32.2 million US dollars had already flowed into a social fund administered by Fifa.
The US authorities launched a wave of investigations in 2015 with the indictment of 14 Fifa officials, as a result of which the then Fifa President Sepp Blatter resigned from his post.
Former Conmebol President Juan Ángel Napout from Paraguay and the head of the Brazilian Football Association, José Maria Marin, have been convicted since then.