MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Earlier in the day, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland opened a criminal investigation of alleged criminal mismanagement and money laundering. A source familiar with the situation told R-Sport that the investigation primarily concerns the Qatar bidding process.
The same day, several high-ranking FIFA officials were arrested in Zurich, Switzerland, and are scheduled to be extradited to the US on federal corruption charges. The accusations include fraud, racketeering, money laundering, as well as corruption in shady marketing and broadcasting deals over the last 20 years.
"The general secretary and the president are not involved," he said in a press conference.
The US Justice Department said in a statement that the officials received as much as $150 million in bribes.