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LA Times · May 28, 2015

FIFA corruption investigation details rate cards for bribery

A camera person shoots the boards detailing the charges against FIFA officials Wednesday in New York. (Justin Lane / EPA)The Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed its 165-page indictment alleging widespread corruption of top officials in FIFA, soccer's world governing body. The case offers tantalizing allegations of what amounts to the current bribery rates for preferential treatment in international soccer.

Here are a few examples:

--In 2004, FIFA's executive committee voted to award the 2010 World Cup to South Africa. Jack Warner, who was charged in the indictment, was then a member of the FIFA executive committee and head of CONCACAF.

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