Ex-21st Century Fox Executive’s FIFA Case Conviction Overturned

A former 21st Century Fox executive and Uruguayan sports marketing group Full Play had fraud convictions overturned by a US judge in New York, who cited a recent Supreme Court decision involving an aide to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Hernan Lopez was convicted in March of engaging in a wire-fraud and money-laundering scheme to get inside information to secure US broadcasting rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments. Full Play was convicted of wire-fraud and money-laundering schemes tied to bribes allegedly paid to officials at Conmebol, the governing body for South American soccer.

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