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Jerome Valcke, FIFA Secretary General, Reportedly Involved in Bribery Case

FIFA may have another mess on its hands after the New York Times' William K. Rashbaum and Matt Apuzzo released a report detailing financial transactions allegedly made by FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke that were possibly part of a wider web of bribes across the organization:

Jérôme Valcke, the soccer organization’s secretary general, is the unidentified “high-ranking FIFA official” who prosecutors say transferred $10 million in 2008 from FIFA to accounts controlled by another soccer official, Jack Warner, the officials said. The payment is a key piece of last week’s indictment accusing Mr.