Ex-banker pleads guilty to US charge in FIFA probe
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Swiss banker told a U.S. judge on Thursday that he managed a web of fraudulent bank accounts that concealed bribes in the sprawling scandal engulfing FIFA, the international soccer governing body.
Jorge Arzuaga, an Argentine who worked in Zurich for Credit Suisse Group AG and Julius Baer Group Ltd., made the admission during his guilty plea in a federal court in Brooklyn on charges he participated in a money laundering conspiracy.
"By facilitating the flow of bribe money through the Swiss and American banking systems, the defendant provided a critical service to those involved in corruption in international soccer," acting U.S. Attorney Bridget Rohde said in a statement following Arzuaga's plea.