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Two soccer bribery convictions reinstated by US appeals court
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Two soccer bribery convictions reinstated by US appeals court
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday reinstated the convictions of a former Fox executive and an Argentine sports marketing company for trying to bribe soccer officials in exchange for lucrative broadcasting contracts.
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Court orders reinstatement of convictions of ex-Fox executive, marketing firm in FIFA bribery case
A federal appeals court has ordered reinstatement of the convictions in the FIFA bribery case involving former Fox executive Hernan Lopez and the South American marketing company Full Play Group.
Appeals Court Orders Reinstatement of Convictions in FIFA Bribery Case of Ex-Fox Exec and Marketing Firm
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered reinstatement of the convictions of a former Fox executive and a South American sports media and marketing company in the FIFA bribery investigation. Hernan Lopez, the former CEO of Fox International Channels, was convicted by a jury in March 2023 along with the marketing company Full Play Group SA of one count each of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy related to the Copa Libertadore…
On Wednesday, a U.S. appeals court overturned the acquittals of an Argentine ex-executive of 21 Century Fox and Full Play in the context of the mega-corruption case of FIFA that broke out in 2015, the AFP detailed. The scandal known as ‘Fifagate’ began that year with a [...] The entry U.S. judge overturns two conviction annulment sentences in FIFA's corruption case was first published in Foco Informativa.
US Court Reinstates FIFA Corruption Convictions
A U.S. appeals court reinstated the convictions of a former Fox broadcasting executive and an Argentine sports marketing company linked to the FIFA corruption scandal on Wednesday. Hernan Lopez, a former executive at 21st Century Fox and the marketing firm Full Play, was initially acquitted on appeal after being convicted in 2023 due to a judge’s reference to a U.S. Supreme Court decision. However, an appeals court in New York ruled on Wednesday…
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