Webb pleads not guilty to Fifa corruption charges

Published July 19th, 2015 - 08:07 GMT
Jeffrey Webb
Jeffrey Webb

Ex-Fifa vice president Jeffrey Webb has pleaded not guilty in court to charges of bribery in the ongoing FBI corruption investigation.

Fourteen indictments against football figures were made in May ahead of Fifa's presidential election, with Sepp Blatter forced to later resign due to pressures over the high-profile scandal.

Cayman Islands-born Webb was one of those arrested in Switzerland and was brought to the US to face charges of accepting millions of dollars of bribes over tournament broadcast rights.

Having not contested his extradition from Europe to the US, on Saturday he was brought before a New York judge and pleaded not guilty to money laundering, racketeering and wire fraud.

Webb – who faces up to 20 years in prison – must remain within a 20-mile radius of his home after paying $10 million bail until the forthcoming trial led by the US Department of Justice takes place.

Webb has been heavily involved within Fifa since 1991, when he was appointed president of Cayman Islands Football Association.

Until his indictment on May 27 in Switzerland, Webb was Concacaf's president and a Fifa vice-president, but his arrest led to his suspension from all football activities.

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