Six football officials were arrested in Zurich early Wednesday upon request from US authorities, suspected of receiving or paying bribes worth millions of dollars, Swiss authorities said.
“The bribery suspects – representatives of sports media and sports promotion firms – are alleged to have been involved in schemes to make payments to the soccer functionaries – delegates of FIFA … and other functionaries of FIFA sub-organisations – totaling more than $100 million,” the Swiss justice ministry said in a statement.
