June 4, 2015 7:28 AM

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Former FIFA Chief admits accepting bribes

Former top FIFA official Chuck Blazer admitted that he and others on the executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the choice of South Africa as 2010 World Cup host. The American said, he also helped to arrange bribes over the 1998 event.South Africa has denied paying 10 million dollars bribe to secure the hosting of the 2010 event.The admissions of Chuck Blazer come in a newly released transcript from a 2013 US hearing in which he pleads guilty to 10 charges in the 40 page dossier include US tax evasion.Federal agents investigating the tax evasion had detained Mr Blazer.The US has launched a wide ranging criminal case that engulfed Fifa and led President Sepp Blatter to resign.In addition to the US case, Swiss authorities have launched a criminal investigation into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were allocated.

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