FIFA suspect turns himself in to police in Italy
An Argentinean businessman, who has been indicted by the US in a corruption scandal involving FIFA, has voluntarily turned himself in to authorities in Italy.
Alejandro Burzaco turned himself in Tuesday morning, Giuseppe Tricarico, a top police official in the border city of Bolzano, told the Associated Press.
The 50-year-old Burzaco, who is the president of sports marketing company Torneos y Competencias, was “searched for across the world” along with two other Argentineans in connection with the US indictment against a number of officials suspected of involvement in corruption in the world’s soccer governing body, Tricarico said.
The Argentinean businessman is currently held in jail pending a hearing later in the day, he added.
The development came less than a week after Interpol put six men with ties to FIFA, including Burzaco, on its most wanted list.
The five others are FIFA executive members Jack Warner and Nicolas Leoz, and three heads of sports marketing companies, namely Argentinean nationals Hugo and Mariano Jinkis and the Brazilian national Jose Margulies also known as Jose Lazaro.
Last month, FIFA was rocked by the allegations of corruption following the arrest of seven high-ranking officials in Zurich as part of a US-led investigation.
FIFA’s long-serving President Sepp Blatter resigned last week, although it is not clear whether he has been involved in the alleged corruption or not. Blatter decided to quit just four days after he was reelected for a fifth consecutive term.
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