Note: The number of defendants arrested in Zurich increased to seven. Earlier this morning,
Swiss authorities in Zurich arrested seven of the defendants charged in the indictment, the
defendants Jeffrey Webb, Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Eugenio Figueredo,
Rafael Esquivel and José Maria Marin, at the request of the United States. Also this morning,
a search warrant is being executed at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, Florida.

NINE FIFA OFFICIALS AND FIVE CORPORATE EXECUTIVES
INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY AND CORRUPTION

The Defendants Include Two Current FIFA Vice Presidents and the Current and Former
Presidents of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association
Football (CONCACAF); Six Defendants Arrested Overseas; Guilty Pleas for Four
Individual Defendants and Two Corporate Defendants Also Unsealed

WASHINGTON – A 47-count indictment was unsealed early this morning in federal
court in Brooklyn, New York, charging 14 defendants with racketeering, wire fraud and
money laundering conspiracies, among other offenses, in connection with the defendants’
participation in a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through the corruption of international
soccer. The guilty pleas of four individual defendants and two corporate defendants were
also unsealed today.

The defendants charged in the indictment include high-ranking officials of the
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the organization responsible for the
regulation and promotion of soccer worldwide, as well as leading officials of other soccer
governing bodies that operate under the FIFA umbrella. Jeffrey Webb and Jack Warner – the
current and former presidents of CONCACAF, the continental confederation under FIFA
headquartered in the United States – are among the soccer officials charged with racketeering
and bribery offenses. The defendants also include U.S. and South American sports marketing
executives who are alleged to have systematically paid and agreed to pay well over $150
million in bribes and kickbacks to obtain lucrative media and marketing rights to
international soccer tournaments.

The charges were announced by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, Acting U.S.
Attorney Kelly T. Currie of the Eastern District of New York, Director James B. Comey of
the FBI, Assistant Director in Charge Diego W. Rodriguez of the FBI’s New York Field
Office, Chief Richard Weber of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-
CI) and Special Agent in Charge Erick Martinez of the IRS-CI’s Los Angeles Field Office.

Also earlier this morning, Swiss authorities in Zurich arrested six of the defendants
charged in the indictment, including Webb and five other FIFA officials, at the request of the
United States. Also this morning, a search warrant is being executed at CONCACAF
headquarters in Miami, Florida.

The guilty pleas of the four individual and two corporate defendants that were also
unsealed today include the guilty pleas of Charles Blazer, the long-serving former general
secretary of CONCACAF and former U.S. representative on the FIFA executive committee;
José Hawilla, the owner and founder of the Traffic Group, a multinational sports marketing
conglomerate headquartered in Brazil; and two of Hawilla’s companies, Traffic Sports
International Inc. and Traffic Sports USA Inc., which is based in Florida.

“The indictment alleges corruption that is rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted both
abroad and here in the United States,” said Attorney General Lynch. “It spans at least two
generations of soccer officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire
millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks. And it has profoundly harmed a multitude of
victims, from the youth leagues and developing countries that should benefit from the
revenue generated by the commercial rights these organizations hold, to the fans at home and
throughout the world whose support for the game makes those rights valuable. Today’s
action makes clear that this Department of Justice intends to end any such corrupt practices,
to root out misconduct, and to bring wrongdoers to justice – and we look forward to
continuing to work with other countries in this effort.”

Attorney General Lynch extended her grateful appreciation to the authorities of the
government of Switzerland, as well as several other international partners, for their
outstanding assistance in this investigation.

“Today’s announcement should send a message that enough is enough,” said Acting
U.S. Attorney Currie. “After decades of what the indictment alleges to be brazen corruption,
organized international soccer needs a new start – a new chance for its governing institutions
to provide honest oversight and support of a sport that is beloved across the world,
increasingly so here in the United States. Let me be clear: this indictment is not the final
chapter in our investigation.”

Acting U.S. Attorney Currie extended his thanks to the agents, analysts and other
investigative personnel with the FBI New York Eurasian Joint Organized Crime Squad and
the IRS-CI Los Angeles Field Office, as well as their colleagues abroad, for their tremendous
effort in this case.

“As charged in the indictment, the defendants fostered a culture of corruption and
greed that created an uneven playing field for the biggest sport in the world,” said Director
Comey. “Undisclosed and illegal payments, kickbacks, and bribes became a way of doing
business at FIFA. I want to commend the investigators and prosecutors around the world
who have pursued this case so diligently, for so many years.”

“When leaders in an organization resort to cheating the very members that they are
supposed to represent, they must be held accountable,” said Chief Weber. “Corruption, tax
evasion and money laundering are certainly not the cornerstones of any successful
business. Whether you call it soccer or football, the fans, players and sponsors around the
world who love this game should not have to worry about officials corrupting their
sport. This case isn't about soccer, it is about fairness and following the law. IRS-CI will
continue to investigate financial crimes and follow the money wherever it may lead around
the world, leveling the playing field for those who obey the law.”

The charges in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendants are presumed
innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The Enterprise

FIFA is composed of 209 member associations, each representing organized soccer in
a particular nation or territory, including the United States and four of its overseas
territories. FIFA also recognizes six continental confederations that assist it in governing
soccer in different regions of the world. The U.S. Soccer Federation is one of 41 member
associations of the confederation known as CONCACAF, which has been headquartered in
the United States throughout the period charged in the indictment. The South American
confederation, called CONMEBOL, is also a focus of the indictment.

As alleged in the indictment, FIFA and its six continental confederations, together
with affiliated regional federations, national member associations and sports marketing
companies, constitute an enterprise of legal entities associated in fact for purposes of the
federal racketeering laws. The principal – and entirely legitimate – purpose of the enterprise
is to regulate and promote the sport of soccer worldwide.

As alleged in the indictment, one key way the enterprise derives revenue is to
commercialize the media and marketing rights associated with soccer events and
tournaments. The organizing entity that owns those rights – as FIFA and CONCACAF do
with respect to the World Cup and Gold Cup, their respective flagship tournaments – sells
them to sports marketing companies, often through multi-year contracts covering multiple
editions of the tournaments. The sports marketing companies, in turn, sell the rights
downstream to TV and radio broadcast networks, major corporate sponsors and other sub-
licensees who want to broadcast the matches or promote their brands. The revenue generated
from these contracts is substantial: according to FIFA, 70% of its $5.7 billion in total
revenues between 2011 and 2014 was attributable to the sale of TV and marketing rights to
the 2014 World Cup.

The Racketeering Conspiracy

The indictment alleges that, between 1991 and the present, the defendants and their
co-conspirators corrupted the enterprise by engaging in various criminal activities, including
fraud, bribery and money laundering. Two generations of soccer officials abused their
positions of trust for personal gain, frequently through an alliance with unscrupulous sports
marketing executives who shut out competitors and kept highly lucrative contracts for
themselves through the systematic payment of bribes and kickbacks. All told, the soccer
officials are charged with conspiring to solicit and receive well over $150 million in bribes
and kickbacks in exchange for their official support of the sports marketing executives who
agreed to make the unlawful payments.

Most of the schemes alleged in the indictment relate to the solicitation and receipt of
bribes and kickbacks by soccer officials from sports marketing executives in connection with
the commercialization of the media and marketing rights associated with various soccer
matches and tournaments, including FIFA World Cup qualifiers in the CONCACAF region,
the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the CONCACAF Champions League, the jointly organized
CONMEBOL/CONCACAF Copa América Centenario, the CONMEBOL Copa América, the
CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores and the Copa do Brasil, which is organized by the Brazilian
national soccer federation (CBF). Other alleged schemes relate to the payment and receipt of
bribes and kickbacks in connection with the sponsorship of CBF by a major U.S. sportswear
company, the selection of the host country for the 2010 World Cup and the 2011 FIFA
presidential election.

The Indicted Defendants

As set forth in the indictment, the defendants and their co-conspirators fall generally
into three categories: soccer officials acting in a fiduciary capacity within FIFA and one or
more of its constituent organizations; sports media and marketing company executives; and
businessmen, bankers and other trusted intermediaries who laundered illicit payments.

Nine of the defendants were FIFA officials by operation of the FIFA statutes, as well
as officials of one or more other bodies:

ï‚· Jeffrey Webb: Current FIFA vice president and executive committee member,
CONCACAF president, Caribbean Football Union (CFU) executive committee
member and Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) president.

ï‚· Eduardo Li: Current FIFA executive committee member-elect, CONCACAF
executive committee member and Costa Rican soccer federation (FEDEFUT)
president.

ï‚· Julio Rocha: Current FIFA development officer. Former Central American
Football Union (UNCAF) president and Nicaraguan soccer federation (FENIFUT)
president.

 Costas Takkas: Current attaché to the CONCACAF president. Former CIFA
general secretary.

ï‚· Jack Warner: Former FIFA vice president and executive committee member,
CONCACAF president, CFU president and Trinidad and Tobago Football
Federation (TTFF) special adviser.

ï‚· Eugenio Figueredo: Current FIFA vice president and executive committee
member. Former CONMEBOL president and Uruguayan soccer federation (AUF)
president.

ï‚· Rafael Esquivel: Current CONMEBOL executive committee member and
Venezuelan soccer federation (FVF) president.

 José Maria Marin: Current member of the FIFA organizing committee for the
Olympic football tournaments. Former CBF president.

 Nicolás Leoz: Former FIFA executive committee member and CONMEBOL
president.

Four of the defendants were sports marketing executives:

ï‚· Alejandro Burzaco: Controlling principal of Torneos y Competencias S.A., a
sports marketing business based in Argentina, and its affiliates.

ï‚· Aaron Davidson: President of Traffic Sports USA Inc. (Traffic USA).

ï‚· Hugo and Mariano Jinkis: Controlling principals of Full Play Group S.A., a sports
marketing business based in Argentina, and its affiliates.

And one of the defendants was in the broadcasting business but allegedly served as an
intermediary to facilitate illicit payments between sports marketing executives and soccer
officials:

 José Margulies: Controlling principal of Valente Corp. and Somerton Ltd.

The Convicted Individuals and Corporations

The following individuals and corporations previously pleaded guilty under seal:

On July 15, 2013, the defendant Daryll Warner, son of defendant Jack Warner and a
former FIFA development officer, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a two-count
information charging him with wire fraud and the structuring of financial transactions.

On Oct. 25, 2013, the defendant Daryan Warner waived indictment and pleaded guilty
to a three-count information charging him with wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering
conspiracy and the structuring of financial transactions. Daryan Warner forfeited over $1.1
million around the time of his plea and has agreed to pay a second forfeiture money judgment
at the time of sentencing.

On Nov. 25, 2013, the defendant Charles Blazer, the former CONCACAF general
secretary and a former FIFA executive committee member, waived indictment and pleaded
guilty to a 10-count information charging him with racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud
conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, income tax evasion and failure to file a Report of
Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). Blazer forfeited over $1.9 million at the time
of his plea and has agreed to pay a second amount to be determined at the time of sentencing.

On Dec. 12, 2014, the defendant José Hawilla, the owner and founder of the Traffic
Group, the Brazilian sports marketing conglomerate, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to
a four-count information charging him with racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy,
money laundering conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Hawilla also agreed to forfeit over
$151 million, $25 million of which was paid at the time of his plea.

On May 14, 2015, the defendants Traffic Sports USA Inc. and Traffic Sports
International Inc. pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy.

All money forfeited by the defendants is being held in reserve to ensure its availability
to satisfy any order of restitution entered at sentencing for the benefit of any individuals or
entities that qualify as victims of the defendants’ crimes under federal law.

* * * *

The indictment unsealed today has been assigned to U.S. District Court Judge
Raymond J. Dearie of the Eastern District of New York.

The indicted and convicted individual defendants face maximum terms of
incarceration of 20 years for the RICO conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, money
laundering conspiracy, money laundering and obstruction of justice charges. In addition,
Eugenio Figueredo faces a maximum term of incarceration of 10 years for a charge of
naturalization fraud and could have his U.S. citizenship revoked. He also faces a maximum
term of incarceration of five years for each tax charge. Charles Blazer faces a maximum term
of incarceration of 10 years for the FBAR charge and five years for the tax evasion charges;
and Daryan and Daryll Warner face maximum terms of incarceration of 10 years for
structuring financial transactions to evade currency reporting requirements. Each individual
defendant also faces mandatory restitution, forfeiture and a fine. By the terms of their plea
agreements, the corporate defendants face fines of $500,000 and one year of probation.

The government’s investigation is ongoing.

The government’s case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Evan M.
Norris, Amanda Hector, Darren A. LaVerne, Samuel P. Nitze, Keith D. Edelman and Brian
D. Morris of the Eastern District of New York, with assistance provided by the Justice
Department’s Office of International Affairs and Organized Crime and Gang Section.

The Indicted Defendants:

ALEJANDRO BURZACO
Age: 50
Nationality: Argentina

AARON DAVIDSON
Age: 44
Nationality: USA

RAFAEL ESQUIVEL
Age: 68
Nationality: Venezuela

EUGENIO FIGUEREDO
Age: 83
Nationality: USA, Uruguay

HUGO JINKIS
Age: 70
Nationality: Argentina

MARIANO JINKIS
Age: 40
Nationality: Argentina

NICOLÁS LEOZ
Age: 86
Nationality: Paraguay

EDUARDO LI
Age: 56
Nationality: Costa Rica

JOSÉ MARGULIES, also known as José Lazaro
Age: 75
Nationality: Brazil

JOSÉ MARIA MARIN
Age: 83
Nationality: Brazil

JULIO ROCHA
Age: 64
Nationality: Nicaragua

COSTAS TAKKAS
Age: 58
Nationality: United Kingdom

JACK WARNER
Age: 72
Nationality: Trinidad and Tobago

JEFFREY WEBB
Age: 50
Nationality: Cayman Islands

The Convicted Defendants:

CHARLES BLAZER
Age: 70
Nationality: USA

JOSÉ HAWILLA
Age: 71
Nationality: Brazil

DARYAN WARNER
Age: 46
Nationality: Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada

DARYLL WARNER
Age: 40
Nationality: USA, Trinidad and Tobago

TRAFFIC SPORTS INTERNATIONAL INC.
Registered: British Virgin Islands

TRAFFIC SPORTS USA INC.
Registered: USA

E.D.N.Y. Docket Numbers:

United States v. Daryll Warner, 13 Cr. 402 (WFK)
United States v. Daryan Warner, 13 Cr. 584 (WFK)
United States v. Charles Blazer, 13 Cr. 602 (RJD)
United States v. José Hawilla, 14 Cr. 609 (RJD)
United States v. Traffic Sports International, Inc., 14 Cr. 609 (RJD)
United States v. Traffic Sports USA, Inc., 14 Cr. 609 (RJD)
United States v. Jeffrey Webb et al., 15 Cr. 252 (RJD)