Former FIFA Official Jeffrey Webb In US Court

Описание: (14 Aug 2015) Former high-ranking FIFA official Jeffrey Webb appared for a pretrial hearing in New York Friday.
Webb and his lawyer left the courthouse without speaking to reporters.
The 50-year-old Webb was among seven FIFA officials detained in Switzerland last spring.
He's the only one so far to agree to extradition.
During the pretrial hearing, A US prosecutor said his office is in extradition negotiations with lawyers of defendants in the FIFA bribery soccer probe.
Assistant US Attorney Evan Norris told a judge Friday that he's hopeful the talks will result in more defendants appearing in federal court to face racketeering and other charges in a scandal that's shaken the soccer world.

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