Two former 21st Century Fox executives were charged with paying bribes to win the U.S. rights to broadcast the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments as part of a long-running U.S. investigation of corruption in organized soccer.
Hernan Lopez and Carlos Martinez were also accused of wire fraud, money laundering and trying to get confidential bidding information for the World Cups. The two men used their positions in the world of international soccer so that Fox would win the lucrative rights, U.S. prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, said Monday.
The charges stem from an international crackdown on corruption in FIFA, ...
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