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UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT
EASTERN
DISTRICT
OF
NEW YORK
x
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
I N F 0 R M A T I 0 N
- aga i n s t -
CH RLES
BLAZER,
Defendant .
Cr.
(T.
No . 13-60 2 (RJD)
18, u.s.c.
§§
981
(a) (1)
(C), 982
(a)
(1),
982 (b) ,
134
9, 1956 (h) ,
1962 (d) 1963 1963
(a)
1963(m) and 3551
e t
seq . ;
21, U.S.C . , § 853 (p) ; T. 26,
u.s
.
c.
§
7201;
T .
28
,
U. S .
C. § 2 4 6 l c ) ;
T .
31,
U.S .
C.
§§ 5314 and 5322(b
T.
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THE
UNITED STATES
TTORNEY
CHARGES:
INTRODUCTION
TO
ALL
COUNTS
At
a l l
t imes
re l evan t
to
t h i s
In format ion , unless
otherwise
i nd ica t ed :
I . The
Ente rp r i se
1 . The Federa t ion In te rna t iona le
de Footba l l
Associa t ion
( FIFA ) and
i t s s i x cons t i tuen t con t inen ta l
confedera t ions - the
Confedera t ion
o f North , Cent ra l American
and
Car ibbean
Associa t ion Foo tba l l ( CONCACAF ),
t h e
Confederac i6n
Sudamericana de Futbol
( CONMEBOL ), the
Union des
Associa t ions Europeennes
de
Footba l l ( UEFA ) , t h e Confederat ion
Afr ica ine
de
Footba l l ( CAF ),
t h e Asian Fo o t b a l l
Confedera t ion
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("AFC
0
)
and
the Oceania
Footba l l Confederat ion ("OFC
0
) -
toge ther with
a f f i l i a t e d
reg iona l
federa t ions ,
na t iona l member
assoc ia t ions and spor t s market ing companies, c o l l e c t i v e l y
cons t i tu ted
an
en te rp r i s e ,
0
as def ined i n T i t le
18,
United
Sta t e s Code, Sec t i o n
1961 4) ,
t h a t
i s ,
a group
of
l ega l
en t i t i e s
assoc ia ted in
f a c t
(he re ina f t e r t he
en te rp r i s e
0
.
The
en t e r p r is e co n s t i t u t ed
an
ongoing
organ iza t ion whose
members
funct ioned as a con t inu ing un i t fo r a common purpose
o f
achieving
the objec t ive s o f the en te rp r i se . The
en t e r p r i s e was
engaged in ,
and
ts
a c t i v i t i e s
a f fec t ed ,
i n t e r s t a t e
and
fo re ign
commerce.
2.
The
pr inc ipa l purpose
of the
en t e r p r i s e was to
regu la t e and promote
t he spor t o f
soccer worldwide. The members
of the
en t e r p r i s e
c a r r i e d out t h i s purpose
by
using
a
var i e ty of
methods
and
means,
inc lud ing
c rea t ing
and
enforc ing
uniform
s tandards
and
ru les ,
organ iz ing
i n t e rna t iona l compet i t ions and
commercia l iz ing
the media and
market ing
r i g h t s
assoc ia t ed with
the spor t . The members of the
en t e r p r i s e ,
as well as
i nd iv idua l s
employed by and
assoc ia t ed
with
the
en te rp r i s e ,
f requen t l y engaged in
banking
and investment a c t i v i t i e s
with
Uni ted Sta tes
f i n an c i a l
i n s t i t u t i ons .
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A.
FIFA
3 . FIFA was the i n t e r n a t i o n a l body
governing
organized soccer commonly known
outs ide
the United Sta tes as
foo tba l l .
FIFA was an e n t i t y
r eg i s t e r ed
under
Swiss law and
headquartered in
Zurich,
Switzerland. FIFA
was
composed
of
as
many as 208
member assoc ia t ions each rep re sen t ing
organized
soccer in a
p a r t i c u l a r na t ion o r
t e r r i t o r y
inc lud ing the
United
Sta tes and four
o f
ts overseas t e r r i t o r i e s .
The
United Sta tes
f i r s t became
a f f i l i a t e d with
FIFA
in 1914;
Puer to
Rico
f i r s t
became a f f i l i a t e d with FIFA in
1960,
with
Guam,
American Samoa
and
the United Sta tes
Virg in
Is lands
fo l lowing
s u i t
in
the
1990s.
At var ious t imes
FIFA mainta ined
o f f i c e s both in
Zurich
and
elsewhere
in the world, inc lud ing in
the
United Sta tes
where FIFA has main ta ined
a
development
o ff
i c e s ince
a t
l e a s t
2011.
4 . FIFA'S member assoc ia t ions were a l s o each a
member of one of the s ix con t inen ta l confedera t ions recognized
by
FIFA: CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
UEFA, CAF, AFC and OFC. Since a t
l e a s t 1996,
under
FIFA'S s t a t u t e s
no na t iona
l
soccer
assoc ia t ion cou ld become a member
of
FIFA withou t
f i r s t j o in ing
one
of
the
s i x
con t inen ta l confederat ions . Since
a t
l e a s t
2004,
member
assoc ia t ions
were
requ i red to pay
to FIFA
annual
dues,
known as subscr ip t ions .
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5. FIFA was governed by: a congress composed of i t s
member assoc ia t ions
which
ac ted as
the
assoc ia t ion ' s
highes t
l e g i s l a t i ve
body; an execu t ive committee, which
ac ted
as the
execu t ive body; and a genera l s e c r e t a r i a t which ac ted as the
admin i s t ra t ive body.
FIFA
a l so had
a
pre s iden t
who
represen ted
the assoc ia t ion worldwide and was respons ib le fo r t he
implementat ion of dec is ions . FIFA a l so opera ted seve ra l
s tand ing committees,
inc lud ing
a committee
t ha t
organ ized
Olympic soccer
qua l i fy ing tournaments,
whose members
included
soccer
o f f i c i a l s
from
var ious na t iona l member
assoc ia t ions .
FIFA a l so opera ted through a
number of
s u b s id i a r i e s
including
subs id ia r ies t ha t
a s s i s t e d
with FIFA'S media
and
market ing
a c t i v i t i e s .
6.
The
FIFA congress was
composed of de lega tes
from
each
of
ts
member
assoc ia t ions
as wel l as
observers
appoin ted
by each
o f the
confedera t ions . Among o th e r
t h ings the
congress
was respons ib le
f o r
amending FIFA's s t a tu t e s and e lec t ing the
FIFA pres iden t . The congress convened in ord inary
sess ions
b ien n i a l l y o r annual ly and
a t othe r
t imes in
ex t raord ina ry
sess ions
in
var ious count r ies around the
world ,
inc lud ing
the
United Sta tes .
7. The FIFA execu t ive committee, o f t en
r e f e r r ed to
as the
ExCo, was composed of the
FIFA
pre s iden t
and 23
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ord inary
members, some
of
whom a l so
held
the titl
vice
pre s iden t . The pres iden t
was
e lec ted
by
the FIFA congress . The
vice pre s iden t s
and
o rd i n a ry members were appoin ted
by
the
confedera t ions . Each
confedera t ion
was
e n t i t l e d
to appoin t a
s p ec i f i c
number
o f
vice p re s iden t s
and o rd i n a ry members, as
s e t
f o r th in
the FIFA s t a tu t e s . Since a t l e a s t
1996,
the
execu t ive
committee was
requ i red
by FIFA s t a t u t e s to meet a t
l e a s t twice
pe r
year .
The
execu t ive
committee
held meet ings
a t
FIFA S
headquar te rs in
Zurich,
as
wel l
as in
var ious coun t r i e s around
the world,
inc luding
the
United Sta t e s
.
8.
Among
othe r du t ies , the execu t ive committee was
respons ib le fo r se l e c t i n g the
host
na t ions
o f
FIFA tournaments ,
including,
among
o ther s ,
the World
Cup,
the Women s
World
Cup,
the
Confederat ions
Cup, the Under
20 World Cup, the
Under-20
Women s
World
Cup,
the
Under
17
World
Cup,
the
Under-17
Women s
World Cup and the Club World Cup.
9 . The World
Cup,
the
s p o r t s premier even t ,
was
a
quadrenn ia l i n t e rn a t i o n a l tournament involving
the
sen io r
na t iona l men s
teams
of 24
and,
beginning in
1998, 32
na t ions .
In se lec t ing
t he hos t na t ion
fo r the
World
Cup,
the
execu t ive
committee
t y p i c a l l y
fol lowed
a process in which bid committees
fo r the competing
na t ions
campaigned fo r votes among the members
of
the execu t ive committee. Following
t h i s
process , and a t
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l e a s t s i x years p r i o r to each World Cup,
the
execu t ive committee
t yp ica l ly
held a vote in which i t s members c a s t
t h e i r
vote v i a
sec re t ba l lo t . The winners , o r host na t ions
fo r
the
World Cups
from 1990
to
2022, as wel l
as
the othe r na t ion
s
t ha t were
st ll
under
cons ide ra t ion by the
execu t ive committee
a t the
t ime
o f
the vote are
r e f l e c t e d
in the t ab le
below:
World
up
Date
Selected
y the Ex o
Winning
Nation
Other Bidding
Nation Nations
1990
May 19,
1984
I t a l y
Soviet
Union
1994
J u l y
4, 1988
United
Sta t e s
rocc o
Braz i l
1998
J u l y
2,
1992
France Morocco
2002 May 31,
1996 Japan/South
Korea
2006
Ju ly
6,
2000
Germany
South A fr i ca
England
Morocco
2010 May 15, 2004
South Afr ica Morocco
Egypt
2014
October
30,
2007 Braz i l
2018 December
2,
2010 Russia Spain/Portugal
Nether lands/Belgium
England
2022
December
2,
2010 Qatar Uni ted Sta tes
South
Korea
Japan
A u s t r a l i a
10.
Since a t
l e a s t
1996,
under FIFA s s t a tu t e s
the
s i x con t inen ta l confedera t ions had c e r t a i n
r i g h t s and
obl iga t ions including
among
othe r
th ings
t h a t they comply
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with
and
enforce
FIFA ' S s t a tu t e s , regula t ions
and
dec i s ions
and
wor
k
c lose ly
with
FIFA to fu r the r FIFA's objec t ive s and
organize
i n t e r n a t i o n a l
soccer
compet i t ions .
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.
FIFA
' S
purpose was, among othe r
th ings ,
to
deve
l
op and pro
m
o te
the
game
of soccer g loba l ly by organ i z ing
i n t e r n a t i o n a l
compet i t ions and c r ea t i n g and enforc ing ru l e s t ha t
govern the confedera t ions and member assoc ia t ions .
FIFA
f inanced i t s
e f f o r t s
i n s i g n i f i c a n t p a r t by commercial iz ing the
media
and market ing r igh t s assoc ia t ed
with
the World Cup. For
the
2007-2010 f i n an c i a l
period, FIFA
had
t o t a l revenues
of
4
.
189
b i l l i on , 83% o f which ( 3.480 b i l l ion
was
a t t r i bu t a b l e
to
the
sa l e
o f
t e l e v i s i o n and market ing r i g h t s to the 2010 World
Cup.
FIFA's
p r o f i t s
dur ing
t h i s
same per iod were 631
mil l ion .
FIFA, in t u rn ,
he lped
f inance t he
confederat ions
and
t h e i r
member
assoc ia t ions ,
including
by
prov id ing
funds through
the
Financ ia l
Ass is tance
Program
and
the Goal
Program.
B.
The
Cont inental
Confedera t ions
12. In add i t ion
to
providing r ep resen ta t ives
who
helped
to govern FIFA,
the s i x con t inen ta l confedera t ions worked
c lose ly
with FIFA
and
one
ano ther
to
organ ize
i n t e r n a t i o n a l
soccer
compet i t ions and
ca r ry ou t
FIFA
d i rec t ives
on
a reg iona l
b a s i s .
The
l e ade rs and r ep resen ta t ives of
the
confedera t ions
conducted business
with one
another ,
as wel l as with
the
l eaders
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and assoc ia tes
of
FIFA
throughout the year a t locat ions around
the world
inc luding
in
the United
Sta tes . Each confedera t ion
was governed by i t s own congress genera l s e c r e t a r i a t execut ive
committee
and
s tand ing
committees
.
From t ime to t ime
some
of
the confedera t ions , l i ke FIFA a l so opera ted
through
subs id ia r i e s inc lud ing
subs id ia r ies
t ha t
a s s i s t e d with media
and market ing a c t i v i t i e s .
13. CONC C F was a con t inen ta l soccer confedera t ion
incorpora ted s ince
1994
as
a
non-prof i t co rpora t ion
in
Nassau
Bahamas .
CONC C F
was comprised
o f as many as 40
member
assoc ia t ions
inc lud ing the United Sta tes Puerto
Rico
and
the
United
Sta tes
Virg in
I s l ands represent ing
organ ized
soccer
in
North America Cent ra l America
the
Caribbean and th ree South
American
countr ies .
The
United
Sta tes and
two of
ts overseas
t e r r i t o r i e s
Puer to
Rico and
the
United
Sta tes
Virgin
Is lands
were
members
o f CONC C F . While the
confedera t ion
pres iden t
maintained
an of f i c e
in Trin idad and Tobago CONCACAF's
pr inc ipa l admin i s t ra t ive off i ce was l oca t ed
in
New York New
York
where
the genera l
sec re ta ry was based and where
CONC C F
r egu la r ly
conducted
bus iness .
CONC C F a l so conducted business
a t var ious
t imes throughout the United Sta tes inc lud ing in the
Eastern D i s t r i c t of
New
York as
well
as
in fo re ign
coun t r i e s
with in and out s ide
the
confederat ion . Among othe r
tournaments
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CONC C F
organized the Gold
Cup,
fea tu r ing the men s na t iona l
teams from CONC C F and, from t ime to t ime, o ther
confedera t ions
as
wel l
as
a tournament f ea tu r ing the top men s
profe ss iona l
league - o r
c lub
-
teams.
14
. CONMEBOL
was
a
con t inen ta l
soccer
confederat ion
domici led
in
Paraguay and headquar tered
in
Asuncion, Paraguay
and, l a t e r Luque,
Paraguay. CONMEBOL was
comprised o f as
many
as
10 member assoc ia t ions
represent ing organized soccer
in
South America. Among o ther tournaments, CONMEBOL
organized
the
Copa
America,
f ea tu r ing
the men s na t iona l
teams
of
ts
t en
members and two non-CONMEBOL na t iona l
teams
t ha t
were
inv i ted
to
pa r t i c ipa t e as wel l as tournaments fea tu r ing the
top
men s
club
teams.
15. UEF was a con t inen ta l soccer confedera t ion
reg i s t e red
as
a
l ega l
e n t i t y
under
the
laws
o f
Switzer land
and
headquar tered in Nyon, Switzer land . UEF was comprised of
as
many as 53 member assoc ia t ions represent ing organized soccer
in
Europe and
c e r t a in na t ions in the
Middle East and Cent ra l Asia.
Among o ther tournaments , UEF organized
the
European
Championship, fea tu r ing the
top men s na t iona l
teams, as wel l as
tournaments
f ea tu r ing the top men s club teams.
16. C F was a con t inen ta l soccer confedera t ion
headquar tered in Cairo , Egypt. C F
was comprised o f as many as
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56 member assoc ia t ions ,
represent ing organized
soccer in
Africa
.
Among othe r tournaments
C F
organized
the Africa
Cup
of
Nations, f ea tu r ing
the top men's na t iona l teams, as wel l
as
a
tournament
f ea tu r ing
the top
men's
club teams
.
17. FC was a con t inen ta l soccer confedera t ion
r eg i s t e r ed
as a
l ega l
e n t i t y under
the
laws of M
a lays ia and
headquar tered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia . FC was comprised
of
as
many as 47
member
assoc ia t ions , rep re sen t ing organized soccer
in Asia,
as wel l as
on
the
i s l and
o f Guam a
t e r r i t o r y
o f the
United Sta tes . Among othe r tournaments, AFC
organized
the
Asian
Cup, f ea tu r ing the
top men's
na t iona l teams,
as wel l as a
tourna
m
en t
fea tu
r ing the top
me n s
club te a
m
s .
18. OFC was a con t inen ta l soccer confedera t ion
incorpora ted under the laws
of New Zealand
and headquar tered in
Auckland,
New
Zealand. OFC
was
comprised
of
as
many
as
15
member
assoc ia t ions
represent ing organized soccer in New
Zealand
and the Pac i f i c I s land
count r ies , inc luding Ame r i can
Samoa,
a t e r r i t o r y o f the United Sta tes . Among o ther
tournaments OFC
organized
the
Nat ions Cup,
a tournament
founded
in 1996 f ea tu r ing the top men's na t iona l teams,
as
wel l
as
a
tournament f ea tu r ing
the top
men's
club teams.
19. The
confederat ions
a l so
organized
World Cup
qua l i fy ing
matches,
us ing a var i e ty of
formats .
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C. The
Regional
Federa t ions and Nat ional Assoc ia t ions
20. In ad d i t i o n t o
being
members
o f FIFA
and
t he i r
re spec t ive con t inen ta l confederat ions , some of the na t iona l
a s soc ia t ions
were
a l so members o f smal ler , reg iona l federa t ions .
21.
For
example,
CONCACAF's
member
assoc ia t ions
were
organ ized i n to th ree smal le r reg iona l fede ra t ions :
the
Caribbean
Footba l l Union ( CFU ), the
Cent ra l American
Footba l l Union
( UNCAF )
and
the North American
Footba l l Union ( NAFU ).
The
United
S ta t e s
Soccer
Federa t ion
was thus a
member
assoc ia t ion of
CONC C F as
wel l
a s
NAFU,
while Puer to Rico
and the
United
Sta tes
Virg in
I s l ands were both members
o f
CONC C F and CFU .
22 . The na t iona l assoc ia t ions promoted, organized and
governed soccer , o f t en
including club
- l eve l soccer ,
with in
i nd iv idua l na t ions . The na t iona l assoc ia t ion
o f
the United
Sta tes
was
the
Uni ted
S ta t e s
Soccer
Federat ion ,
which
was
based
in Chicago, I l l i n o i s .
23 . The na t iona l assoc ia t ions worked
toge ther
to
organize
exh ib i t ion
soccer
matches between
na t iona l
teams, known
as
f r i e nd l i e s ,
which a l so took place on
the
c lub l eve l .
F r iend l ies
took place
in
venues throughout the uni ted S ta tes ,
inc lud ing the Eas te rn D is t r i c t
of New York,
as wel l as
othe r
venues worldwide.
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D. The
Sports Marketing Companies
24. FIFA,
t he con t inen ta l confedera t ions the
regiona l
fede ra t ions
and
the na t iona l member assoc ia t ions
of t en
ente red
i n to con t rac t s with
spor t s market ing companies
to
commercial ize the
media and market ing
r i gh t s to var ious
soccer
events inc luding the World Cup and o ther tournaments , World Cup
and
Olympic qua l i f i e r s
f r i e nd l i e s and
o ther even t s
as
wel l as
o ther r igh t s assoc ia t ed with the spor t .
These
spor ts market ing
companies, inc lud ing mul t ina t iona l corpora t ions with
headquarters o f f i c e s
o r
a f f i l i a t e s l oca t ed
in
the
United
S ta t e s o f t en acqu i red an ar ray
o f
media
and
market ing r igh t s
including t e l e v i s i o n and rad io broadcas t ing r i gh t s adve r t i s ing
r igh t s sponsorship r i gh t s l i cens ing
r i gh t s
hos p i t a l i t y r igh t s
and t i cke t ing r i gh t s .
These spor t s marketing companies
of t en
sold these
r i gh t s
to
among
o ther s
t e l e v i s i o n
and
radio
s t a t ions
sponsors and
sub- l icensees including those located in
the United Sta tes .
25.
The revenue generated
by
the
commercial izat ion
of
the
media
and market ing r i gh t s assoc ia ted with soccer
cons t i tu ted an
e s s e n t i a l
source
o f
revenue
fo r the
en te rp r i s e .
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I I
.
The Defendant
26 . The defendant CH RLES BL ZER was an indiv idua l
employed
by
and assoc ia ted with the
en te rp r i se .
In o r about and
between
Apri l
1990
and December
2011
, BL ZER was employed
as
the
genera l sec re ta ry
o f
CONC C F
. BLAZER, a
United Sta tes c i t i zen
re s ided in New York, New York,
where he oversaw
CONCACAF s
p r in c ip a l
admin i s t ra t ive
off i ce
and
s t a f f . Beginning
in
o r
about February 1997, BL ZER was a l so a
member
o f FIFA's
execut ive committee,
serving as one
o f
the th ree
members
of t h a t
body
who had been
appo in ted
by CONC C F
and
the only
member
who
represented
the United Sta tes .
At
various t imes , BL ZER was
a l so
a
member
of var ious
FIFA
s tand ing committees , including the
market ing and t e l e v i s i o n committee.
27. BLAZER was compensated fo r h i s p o s i t i o n as
CONCACAF s
genera l
s ec r e t a r y
by
a
number
o f
methods,
including
an annual
fee
and a revenue-based
commission s t ru c t u re
tha t he
designed. BLAZER was a l so compensated fo r h i s pos i t ion
as
a
member o f FIFA'S execut ive
and
market ing
commit tees .
BL ZER
e lec ted to
rece ive
t h i s compensation in var ious
accounts ,
inc lud ing
accounts based in
the United
Sta tes
and
i n o f f
shore
banking
j u r i s d i c t i ons .
28
.
As an o f f i c i a l
of CONC C F
and FIFA
,
BL ZER was
bound by f iduc ia ry du t ies to
the two organiza t ions .
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I I I .
The
Conspi ra tors
Corrupt ion of the Ente rp r i se
29.
Certa in indiv idua ls
employed
by
and
assoc ia ted
with the en te rp r i se , inc lud ing the defendant CH RLES BLAZER
conspired
with
one ano ther to use t he i r
p o s i t i o n s
with in the
en te rp r i se to enr ich themselves
through
schemes
involving the
o f fe r , acceptance payment and r ece ip t o f undisc losed and
i l l e g a l payments , br ibes and
kickbacks, as well as through othe r
money-making
schemes
such as
unauthorized World Cup t i c ke t
sa l e s .
Though
they a l so
helped
pursue the pr inc ipa l purpose of
the
en te rp r i se , BLAZER
and
h i s co-conspi ra tors cor rup ted the
en te rp r i se by engaging in var ious
cr imina l
a c t i v i t i e s including
fraud,
br ibery and money laundering, in p u r su i t
o f
persona
l
ga in .
BL ZER and h i s co -
conspi ra tors
cor rup ted the en te rp r i s e
by abusing
pos i t ions
of t ru s t , engaging
in
undisc losed s e l f
dea l ing ,
misappropr ia t ing
funds
and
v i o l a t i n g
t h e i r
f iduc ia ry
du t ies . To fu r the r t h e i r
corrupt
ends, BLAZER and h i s co
consp i ra to rs
prov ided
each o ther with mutual a id and protect ion .
30.
The consp i ra to rs
engaged
in conduct
designed to
prevent
de tec t ion
o f t h e i r i l l ega l
a c t i v i t i e s
to conceal the
loca t ion
of
proceeds
o f those a c t i v i t i e s , and to promote the
carry ing
on
o f
those a c t i v i t i e s . That
conduct included,
among
o ther th ings : the
use
o f con t rac t s to
c r ea t e
an appearance of
leg i t imacy
fo r illi it payments ; the
use o f
var ious mechanisms,
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including
t rus ted intermediaries , bankers,
f inancial
advisors
and currency dealers , to make and
fac i l i t a te
the
making
of
i l l i c i t payments; the
creat ion
and
use
of she l l companies,
nominees and numbered bank
accounts
in
tax
havens
and
other
secret ive
banking ju r i sd ic t ions ; the
act ive
concealment
of
foreign bank accounts; the
st ructur ing
of
f inancial
t ransactions
to avoid currency repor t ing requirements; bulk
cash smuggling;
the
purchase
of rea l property and
other
physical
asse t s ;
the use
of safe deposi t boxes; income tax
evasion;
and
obst ruct ion of
jus t ice .
Within the
United States
such
conduct took
place
within the
Eastern
Dis t r i c t
of New
York
and
elsewhere
.
IV. The Criminal
Schemes
31. In furtherance of the conspiracy and to ef fec t
i t s objects ,
the
defendant
CHARLES
BLAZER together with others ,
conspired
to
engage
in
mult iple
schemes,
including
schemes
involving: (a)
the
offe r
acceptance,
payment and
receipt of
undisclosed and
i l l ega l payments
and
bribes in connection with
votes of the FIFA executive committee to
determine
the host
nat ion
for
World Cup tournaments; and b) the offe r
acceptance,
payment
and
receipt
of undisclosed and
i l l egal
payments,
bribes
and kickbacks in connection with contracts between
CONCACAF
and
a sports marketing company
involving
the
media
and marketing
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r i g h t s
assoc ia t ed
with
CONCACAF s
Gold
Cup
tournament. Three
such schemes are descr ibed below :
A . 1998 World Cup Vote Bribery Scheme
32. In
o r about
1992,
the FIFA execut ive committee
considered
b ids
from
Morocco and France, as wel l as
a
t h i r d
na t ion
t h a t withdrew
before the vote , t o hos t the 1998 World
Cup.
In the months
before the
vote ,
BLAZER
t r ave led with
Co
Consp i ra to r
#1,
an i nd iv idua l whose i d e n t i t y i s known
to
the
United Sta tes
Attorney,
to
Morocco a t
the i nv i t a t i on of the
Moroccan bid
committee
.
At
the
t ime,
Co-Conspi ra tor
#1 held
a
number o f pos i t ions
in soccer ,
inc lud ing
high-rank ing
pos i t ions
with FI FA
and
CONCACAF
33.
While in Morocco, BLAZER was
pre sen t
when a
r ep resen ta t ive
o f the Moroccan bid committee of fe red a br ibe
payment
to
Co-
Conspirator
#1 in
exchange
fo r
Co-Conspi ra tor
l ' s
agreement
to
c a s t
h i s s ec r e t
ba l lo t on
the
FIFA execut ive
committee fo r Morocco to
host
the 1998
World
Cup.
co
Consp i ra to r #1 accepted the o f fe r .
34
. Afte r t he
t r i p ,
Co -
Consp i ra to r #1 d i r ec t ed
BLAZER
to
con tac t
r ep resen ta t ives
of the Moroccan bid
committee to
determine
when
the payment would
be made
. BLAZER t h e re a f t e r
spoke
with
r ep resen ta t ives
o f
the Moroccan bid
committee on
severa l
occas ions , including
by te lephone from the
CONCACAF
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of f ices
in New York, New York, regard ing when the payment would
be
made.
35 . Though
the
payment was
made,
a t
FIFA's
execu t ive
committee
meeting held
on
Ju ly
2,
1992,
France
was se l ec t ed over
Morocco to hos t the 1998 World
Cup.
36. No di sc losure
of
t h i s br ibe ry scheme was made to
the FIFA o r CONCACAF
execu t ive committee
o r congress .
B.
CONCACAF Gold
Cup
Contrac t
Bribery
and
Kickback Scheme
37. In o r about 1991, CONCACAF began organ iz ing and
promoting the
Gold
Cup,
a
tournament f ea tu r ing the
member
nat ions o f CONCACAF and, in c e r t a i n years ,
those
o f
othe r
confedera t ions . As genera l
sec re ta ry
of
CONCACAF
BLAZER was
respons ib le
fo r nego t i a t ing
a
con t rac t to
s e l l
the media
and
market ing r i g h t s
assoc ia t ed
with the
tournament .
In connect ion
with
the
f i r s t
Gold
Cup
tournament,
BLAZER
on
behal f o f
CONCACAF
en te red
in to
such
a con t rac t with a media company
based in
Mexico.
38. In o r
about 1993, BLAZER and Co-Conspira tor
#1
en te red i n t o nego t i a t ions with Co-Conspira tor #2, an ind iv idua l
who
r an
a
spor t s market ing company t ha t was headquar te red
in
South
America
and
had an
a f f i l i a t e in
the
United Sta tes
i nd iv idua l ly and co l l ec t ive ly ,
"Company
A") . The i de n t i t i e s
of
Co-Conspira tor
#2
and
Company
A
a re
known to
t he United Sta tes
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Attorney. During the course
of nego t i a t ions ,
Co-Conspi ra tor #2
of fe red
to
pay
a
s i x - f i g u re sum o f
money
pe rsona l ly
to
BL ZER
and
Co-Conspi ra tor
#1 as
a br ibe
and
kickback
fo r
t he i r
agreement to award the con t rac t fo r the media and
market ing
r igh t s
to
the
Gold
Cup to Company A. BLAZER and Co Consp i ra to r
#1,
who
was
a high
ranking CONC C F o f f i c i a l a t a l l
t imes
re l evan t
to
t h i s
scheme, accep ted the
of f e r
and
caused
CONC C F
t o en t e r
i n to a
con t rac t with
Company A
in
o r about October
1994.
39.
Beginning with the 1996
Gold Cup and
cont inuing
fo r
four subsequent
ed i t ions
of the tournament (1998, 2000,
2002
and
2003), pursuan t to the con t rac t with Company
A (as
subsequent ly
amended
and renewed fo l lowing add i t iona l
nego t ia t ions ,
CONC C F granted
to
Company
A,
among
othe r
th ings ,
t e l e v i s i o n
and
radio
r i g h t s
to
the
Gold
Cup,
as
wel l
as
revenue
from
the sa l e
o f t i c ke t s
to
the
tournament .
The
nego t i a t ions between CONC C F and Company
A
were
conducted over
the
te lephone
and
in person in
New York, New York,
Los Angeles,
Cal i fo rn ia , and Miami,
Flor ida ,
among o t h e r
p laces .
40. During
t h i s
per iod , Co-Conspi ra tor #2 and othe r
repre sen ta t ive s
o f Company
A caused hundreds of thousands of
d o l l a r s i n br ibe and kickback payments
to
be
wired i n to
accounts
con t ro l l ed
by
BLAZER
in
mult ip le wire
t r a n s fe r s . The
payments
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were wired from accounts held in the
name of
e n t i t i e s
othe r
than
Company
A to di sgu i se the
source
and na tu re of the funds. The
payments were wired
to
e n t i t i e s
BLAZER
con t ro l l ed , such as
Spor tve r t i s ing , a
Cayman
Is lands
corpora t ion ,
to
fu r the r
disguise the
source and natu re o f
the
funds . One such wire
t r a n s fe r i s descr ibed be
low:
D TE
WIRE
COMMUNIC TION
March 29, 1999
Wire
t r a ns f e r of
$200,000
from
an
account
in the name of Company B,
a
Uruguayan
company, the i d e n t i t y
o f which
i s known
to
the United
Sta tes
Attorney, with
t i e s
to
Company
A, a t a bank
in
Montevideo, Uruguay to a
Barclays
Bank PLC correspondent account in
New
York,
New
York,
fo r c re d i t to
BLAZER'S Spor tver t i s ing account
( the Spor tver t i s ing
Cayman
Account
0
,
a t Barclays Bank
PLC
in
the
Cayman
I s l ands
41. In
February
2003,
fol lowing
the rece ip t of
another
such wire
t r a ns f e r ,
in
the amount of $600,000,
which
was
a l so c red i ted
to the Spor tver t i s ing
Cayman
Account ( then held a t
Fi r s t ca r ibbean
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Bank (Cayman) Limited,
a successor
to
Barclays
Bank PLC), BL ZER rece ived a l e t t e r from h i s bank
asking
t h a t
he
provide
the
source
of
funds , a long
with
suppor t ing
documents. BLAZER
forwarded
the
l e t t e r
v ia
email
to
Co-Conspira tor #2 ' s s ec re ta ry , say ing
we
w i l l
need to cons t ruc t
a con t rac t regarding
t h i s
and o ther t r a n s fe r s
0
and ask ing t h a t
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the l e t t e r be prov ided to Co-Conspira tor
#2. BLAZER
subsequent ly
r ece i v ed a backdated
"Consul t ing
Serv ices
Agreement"
purpor t ing
to be between Spor tver t i s ing Ltd. and
Company
C a Panamanian corpora t ion the
i d e n t i t y
of which
i s
known to
the
Uni ted
Sta tes
Attorney, wi th
t i e s
to
Company A and
provided
the
agreement
t o h i s bank in the
Cayman
I s l ands
.
42 . On
mult ip le
occas ions
BLAZER ac t ing pursuant to
h is unders tanding
with
Co-Conspira tor
#1
t h a t
the
payments
BL ZER rece ived
from Co-Conspira tor #2
and
Company
A would be
div ided between
them,
shared
por t ions of
the br ibe and
kickback
payments he
r ece i v ed with
Co -
Consp i ra to r
#1 . For
example, on o r
about Apri l
23,
1999, shor t ly a f t e r he had rece ived $200,000
from Company A v ia Company B, as descr ibed above, BLAZER sen t a
wire t r a n s fe r from h i s Spor tve r t i s ing Cayman Account in the
amount
o f
$100,000
to
a
bank
account
co n t r o l l ed
by
Co
Consp i ra to r
#1
.
43.
No di sc losure of t h i s
br ibery and
kickback
scheme
was made
to the CONC C F execut ive
committee o r
congress .
C.
2010
World Cup
Vote Bribery Scheme
44 . In o r about 2004, the FIFA execu t ive committee
cons idered
bids
from
Morocco, South Afr ica
and Egypt,
as
wel l as
othe r nat ions t h a t
withdrew
before the vote
to
host the 2010
World
Cup.
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45. In t h e months before the vo te , BLAZER
and
Co
Consp i ra to r #1
t r av e l ed to
Morocco as they had
done
previously .
At
the
t ime, Co-Conspira tor
#1 he ld
a
number o f
pos i t ions in
soccer , inc lud ing as
a high-rank ing
o f f i c i a l
o f
FIFA,
CONCACAF
and
CFU.
46. While in Morocco,
a
r ep resen ta t ive
of the
Moroccan
b id
committee of fe red to pay
$1 mil l ion to Co
Consp i ra to r #1 in
exchange
fo r h i s agreement
to c a s t
h i s sec re t
ba l lo t on the
FIFA
execu t ive
committee fo r
Morocco to
hos t the
2010 World Cup.
47. Subsequent ly , BLAZER
l ea rned
from Co-Conspi rator
#1
t h a t r ep resen ta t ives
of
FIFA, the
South
Afr ican government
and the South Afr ican b id committee were
prepared
to arrange
fo r
the
government of South
Afr i ca
to pay $10 mil l ion
to a
soccer
organiza t ion con t ro l l ed
by
Co-Conspira tor
#1
to
suppor t the
Afr ican
diaspora .
BLAZER unders tood
the
o f f e r to
be in
exchange fo r
the agreement of
Co Consp i ra to r #1, BLAZER and Co
Consp i ra to r #3,
whose i d e n t i t y
i s
known to
the Uni ted
Sta t e s
Attorney, to a l l
vote
f o r South Afr ica , r a t h e r
than Morocco, to
hos t
the
2010 World Cup. At the t ime,
Co
Consp i ra to r #3 was
a
high-rank ing o f f i c i a l
with
FIFA and
CONCACAF
Co Consp i ra to r
#1
i nd ica t ed t ha t he had
accep ted
the
o ff e r
and
t o l d BLAZER
t ha t he
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would give a
$1
mil l ion por t ion
of
the $10 mi l l i o n payment to
BLAZER.
48 . In FIFA's execut ive
committee
vote he ld May
15,
2004, South
Afr i ca
was s e l ec t ed
over
Morocco and Egypt to host
the
2010 World
Cup. BLAZER Co-Conspira tor
#1
and Co
Conspirator #3 ind ica ted t ha t
they vo ted fo r
South Africa .
49.
In the
months
and
years a f t e r
the vote
BL ZER
would
per iod ica l ly
ask Co-Conspira tor
#1
about
the s t a tus o f the
$10
mil l ion
payment.
SO. At one
poin t
BL ZER l ea rned t h a t the
South
Afr icans
were unable
to arrange fo r the
payment
to
be made
d i rec t l y
from government funds.
Arrangements were
t h e re a f t e r
made with FIFA o f f i c i a l s to ins tead have the $10 mil l ion sen t
from FIFA - us ing
funds t ha t
would
otherwise have
gone from FIFA
to
South
Afr ica
to
support the
World
Cup
-
to
a
soccer
organiza t ion
con t ro l l ed by Co-Conspira tor
#1.
51. BLAZER f i na l ly l ea rned from a
high
- ranking FIFA
o f f i c i a l t h a t FIFA had
in
f ac t
sen t
Co-Conspira tor
#1 the $10
mil l ion .
Though
years had passed
s ince the
vo te BLAZER
ac t ing
pursuant
to
t h e i r
common
scheme
and unders tanding,
t o ld
Co
Conspirator #1 t ha t
he wanted
h i s por t ion o f the
money.
Co
Conspirator #1
agreed to give BLAZER the money but
s t a t e d
tha t
he would have to pay
him
in i ns t a l lmen t s
as
he had
a l ready spent
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it Co-Conspira tor
#1
a l so
disc losed t ha t he
had
given two
smal le r por t ions
o f
the
money
to Co-Conspira tor #3 and
another
soccer
o f f i c i a l .
52.
From
in
o r
about
December 2008 to
i n o r
about
May
2011, BLAZER rece ived three payments
from Co-Conspira tor
#1,
t o t a l i n g
over $750,000.
53. The f i r s t payment,
in
the amount of $298,500, was
made
by wire
t r a ns f e r
sen t
on
o r about
December
19,
2008 from
an
account
he ld
in
the
name
of CFU
in
a bank
in
the Caribbean, to a
Bank
o f
America correspondent account
in
New York, New York,
fo r
c re d i t to BLAZER S Spor tver t i s ing
Cayman
Account .
54
.
The
second payment, in
the
amount of
$205,000,
was
made by check drawn
on
an
account
held
in the name of
CFU in
a
bank in
the Caribbean. On o r about
September 27,
2010,
BL ZER
caused
the
check
to
be
depos i t ed
i n to
h i s
Merr i l l
Lynch
brokerage account in New
York,
New York.
Approximately
one
month e a r l i e r on o r
about
August
23, 2010, Co-Conspira tor
#1
sen t
an email
to
BLAZER
to
adv ise
him t ha t the
payment
was
forthcoming
.
55. The t h i r d
payment, in the amount
of $250,000,
was
made by check
drawn
on an account held
in
the name of CFU
in
a
bank in the
Caribbean. The
check was de l ive red
to BL ZER by
another i nd iv idua l who t r ave led by a i rp lane from Trinidad and
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Tobago to John
F.
Kennedy In te rna t iona l ("JFK") Airpor t in
Queens,
New York, and then to CONCACAF s headquarters
in
New
York, New York, where he
de l ive red
the
check to
BLAZER. A
r ep resen ta t ive
of
Fi rs tCar ibbean
I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Bank in
the
Bahamas, where BLAZER held another
account , subsequent ly
t r ave led by a i rp lane
to
New York, landing a t
JFK Airpor t . Af te r
a r r i v in g
the bank r ep resen ta t ive t r ave led to New York, New
York, where he
took
cus tody
of the check.
He subsequent ly
t r ave led to the Bahamas and,
on
o r about May 3, 2011, deposi ted
the check i n to BLAZER S account . Approximately two
months
e a r l i e r
on
o r
about
March
13, 2011, Co-Conspira tor #1 sen t an
emai l
to BLAZER to advise him t ha t the
payment
was forthcoming.
56. BLAZER never
rece ived
the balance
of the
promised
$1
mil l ion payment.
57.
No
di sc losure
of
t h i s
br ibery
scheme
was
made
to
the FIFA o r CONCACAF execut ive committee o r
congress .
COUNT ONE
(Racketeer ing Conspiracy)
58. The
a l lega t ions
contained
in
paragraphs 1
through
57
are r ea l l eged
and incorpora ted as i fu l l y s e t fo r th
in
t h i s
paragraph.
59. In o r about
and between
Apri l 1990
and December
2011, both
da tes
being
approximate
and inc lus ive
within
the
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Eas te rn Di s t r i c t of New York and
elsewhere ,
the
defendant
CH RLES BLAZER toge ther with
o ther s , being
a
person employed by
and assoc ia t ed
with
the
en t e r p r i s e ,
which engaged in , and the
a c t i v i t i e s o f which a f fec t ed , i n t e r s t a t e
and
fo re ign commerce,
did
knowingly and
i n t en t iona l ly consp i re
to
v io la t e T i t l e
18,
United S ta t e s Code, Sect ion 1962(c) ,
t ha t
i s ,
to conduct and
p a r t i c i p a t e ,
d i r e c t ly and i nd i rec t ly , in the conduct o f the
a f f a i r s o f
such en te rp r i s e through
a
p a t t e rn
of racke teer ing
a c t iv i t y , as def ined in T i t l e
18,
United Sta tes
Code,
Sect ions
1961(1) and 1961(5) .
60.
The p a t t e rn
of racke tee r ing a c t i v i t y through
which
the
defendant CH RLES
BLAZER t oge the r
with othe rs , agreed
to
conduct
and p a r t i c i p a t e ,
d i r e c t l y
and
i nd i rec t ly ,
in the
conduct
o f the a f f a i r s o f
the en t e r p r i s e
cons i s t ed o f
mul t ip le
ac t s
i n d i c t ab l e
under :
(a)
T i t l e 18, United
S ta t e s
Code, Sect ion 1343
(wire
fraud, inc lud ing
hones t -se rvices
wire
f raud) ;
(b) T i t l e 18, United S ta t e s Code, Sect ions
1956
and 1957 (money l aunder ing and money
l aunder ing conspiracy)
;
(c)
T i t l e 18, United
S ta t e s
Code, Sect ion
1952
i n t e r s t a t e
and fo re ign t r a v e l i n - a id - o f
racke teer ing) ; and
(d) T i t l e 31, United Sta tes Code, Sect ions
5314
and 5322 wi l l fu l
f a i l u r e
to f i l e repor t
o f
fo re ign bank
and f i n an c i a l
accoun ts ) ;
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and
mult ip le
a c t s involving
br ibery ,
i n v i o l a t i o n of
New
York
Sta t e Penal
Law
Sect ions
180.03
and
180.08. BLAZER
agreed t ha t
a
consp i ra to r would commit a t l e a s t two a c t s o f
racke teer ing
a c t i v i t y in
the
conduct of the a f f a i r s of the
en t e r p r i s e ,
the
l a s t o f which
would occur
with in 10 years o f
a
pr io r ac t of
racke teer ing ac t i v i t y .
Ti t l e 18, United Sta tes Code, Sect ions 1962(d), 1963
and 3551 e t
seq . )
COUNT TWO
(Wire
Fraud Conspiracy)
61.
The a l lega t ions con ta ined in paragraphs
1
through
57
are r ea l l eged and incorpora ted as i f
fu l l y
s e t
fo r th in
t h i s
paragraph.
62.
In o r about
and
between Apri l 2004 and
May
2011,
both dates being
approximate
and
i nc lus ive , w i th in the Eas tern
D i s t r i c t of
New
York
and
elsewhere , the defendan t CHARLES
BLAZER
t oge the r with othe rs , d id
knowingly
and i n t en t iona l ly
conspire to dev ise
a
scheme
and
a r t i f i c e
to
defraud
FIFA
and
CONCACAF inc lud ing to deprive FIFA and
CONCACAF
of t he i r
re spec t ive
r i g h t s to honest and
f a i t h fu l
se rv ices
through br ibes
and
kickbacks ,
and
to
obta in
money
and
prope r ty
by
means
of
mater ia l ly fa l se and f raudu len t pre t enses , r ep re sen ta t ions and
promises , and
f o r
the
purpose
o f
execu t ing such scheme and
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a r t i f i ce , t o t r ansmi t
and
cause to be t r ansmi t t ed by means of
wire communication in i n t e r s t a t e and fo re ign commerce, wri t ings ,
s igns , s igna l s ,
p i c tu r e s and sounds, to
wit :
emai ls , te lephone
c a l l s and wire
t r a n s fe r s , con t ra ry
to
T i t l e
18, United
Sta tes
Code, Sect ion 1343.
Ti t l e 18, United Sta t e s Code, Sect ions 1349 and 3551
e t seq.)
COUNT THREE
(Money Laundering Conspiracy)
63
.
The
a l l eg a t i o n s
con ta ined
in
paragraphs
1
through
57
are r ea l l eged and incorporated
as i fu l l y
s e t
f o r th
in
t h i s
paragraph.
64
.
In o r about
and
between December 2008 and
May
2011, both
da tes
being approximate and inc lus ive , with in the
Eas tern D i s t r i c t o f
New
York
and
elsewhere , the
defendant
CH RLES
BLAZER
toge ther with othe rs , d id
knowingly
and
i n t en t iona l ly
consp i re
to
t r anspor t , t r ansmi t and
t r a n s fe r
monetary ins t ruments
and
funds,
to wit : wire t r a n s fe r s
and
checks,
from places
in
the United
S ta t e s t o and through
places
ou t s ide the United Sta tes and to places in
the
United
Sta t e s
from
and
through
places outs ide
the
United
Sta tes ,
(a)
with
the
i n t en t
to promote
the
car ry ing on
of
s p ec i f i ed unlawful
a c t iv i t y ,
to
wit :
wire fraud, con t ra ry to
Ti t l e
18, United
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Sta tes Code, Sec t i o n 1343,
a l l
co n t r a ry to T i t l e 18, United
Sta tes Code, Sec t i o n
1956(a) (2)
(A),
and (b)
knowing
t h a t
the
monetary ins t ruments and funds involved in the
t r anspor t a t ion ,
t ransmiss ion
and t r a n s f e r represen ted the
proceeds
o f some
form
o f
unlawful a c t i v i t y
and
knowing
t h a t
such
t r anspor ta t ion ,
t ransmiss ion and t r a ns f e r was designed
in whole and
i n
p a r t t o
concea l and
di sgu i se the na tu re , the l oca t ion , the
source ,
the
ownership
and
the con t ro l of the proceeds o f
s a id
spec i f i ed
unlawful a c t i v i t y ,
a l l
con t ra ry
to
Ti t l e 18, United Sta t e s
Code,
Sect ion 1956 (a)
(2)
B) i ) .
Ti t l e 18, United Sta tes
Code, Sect ions
1956(h) and
3551 e t
seq . )
COUNTS FOUR
THROUGH NINE
(Income Tax Evasion)
65. On
o r about the da tes s e t
f o r th below,
within the
Southern D i s t r i c t
o f New York and e lsewhere ,
the
defendant
CH RLES BLAZER, a
r e s id en t
o f New York, New York, did
knowingly
and
w i l l fu l l y a t t empt to
evade
and de fea t su b s t a n t i a l
income
tax
due and owing
by
him to the United Sta t e s o f
America
fo r each of
the ca lendar years s e t
f o r th below, by
, f a i l i ng
to f i l e
a uni ted
Sta tes i nd iv idua l
income
t ax r e tu r n
wi th
the
I n t e r n a l
Revenue
Serv ice ("IRS") as r eq u i r ed
by
law, f a i l i ng to pay
to
t h e
IRS
income t ax
and
engaging in a f f i rma t ive a c t s o f evas ion ,
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inc lud ing concea l ing and a t tempt ing to concea l
from
the IRS
h i s
t r u e and co r r ec t
income.
ount
alendar
Year o
Tax Return
Due Date o Tax Return
Four 2005
Apri l
17
2006
Five 2006
Apri l
17, 2007
Six
2007
Apri l 15, 2008
Seven
2008
Apri l
15,
2009
Eight
2009
Apri l
15,
201 0
Nine
2010
Apri l 18,
201 1
(T i t l e
26,
Uni ted Sta tes Code, Sect ion 7201 ; Ti t l e 18,
Uni ted
S ta t e s Code
Sect ions 3551 e t ~ .
COUNT TEN
(Wil l fu l Fa i lu re to
Fi le Repor t
of
Fore ign
Bank and Financ ia l
Accounts)
66. At a l l t imes
re levant
to Count Ten:
a .
Pursuant to
T i t l e 31, Code
o f
Federal
Regula t ions ,
Sect ions
103.24,
103 .27(c) ,
103.
27(d)
and
103.59(b) , c i t i z e ns and r es iden ts of the
Uni ted
Sta tes who
had
a
f inanc ia l i n t e r e s t in o r
s igna ture
au th o r i t y
over , a bank,
se c u r i t i e s and othe r f inanc ia l account in a fo re ign count ry with
an aggregate
value o f
more
than
$10,000 a t a n y t ime dur ing a
p a r t i c u l a r
yea r
were
requ i re
d
to f i l e
with
the
United
Sta tes
Department
of the
Treasury a
Report o f Foreign Bank and
Financ ia l Accounts
on Form TD-F 90-22. 1
( the
"FBAR").
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b .
The
FB R fo r a
given year was due by June 30
of the
fol lowing
year .
67.
During the ca lendar year
2010,
the
defendant
CH RLES BLAZER a
r e s id en t
o f New York, New
York, had
a
f inanc ia l i n t e r e s t in ,
and s igna tu re and othe r
au th o r i t y over ,
one o r
more
f i n an c i a l
accounts ,
having
an
aggregate
value
exceeding $10,000, a t Firs tCaribbean
I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Bank, a
bank
in the Bahamas.
68.
On
o r
before
June 30,
2011,
with in the
Eastern
D i s t r i c t of New York and
elsewhere ,
the
defendant
CH RLES BL ZER
did
knowingly
and
w i l l f u l l y
f a i l
to f i l e with
the
United
Sta t e s
Department
of the
Treasury
a Report of
Foreign
Financ ia l
and
Bank Accounts
on Form TD-F 90-22.1,
di sc los ing t h a t he
had
a
f inanc ia l
i n t e r e s t i n , and
s igna ture and
othe r au th o r i t y over,
a
bank,
s e c ur i t i e s
and
othe r f inanc ia l
account
in
a
fo re ign
count ry , to
wit : a
Bahamanian bank account a t
Fi r s t ca r ibbean
In te rna t iona l
Bank,
which account had an aggregate va lue of more
than
$10,000 dur ing
the year 2010,
while v i o l a t i n g
another
law
of the
Uni ted
Sta tes ,
to
wit :
Ti t l e 26, United S ta t e s Code,
Sec t ion 7201.
Ti t le 31, United Sta tes Code,
Sect ions
5314 and
5322(b) ;
Ti t l e
18, Uni ted Sta tes Code,
Sect ions 3551
e t
seq. )
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CRIMINAL FORFEITURE ALLEGATION AS TO
COUNT ONE
69.
The United
S ta t e s hereby
gives not i ce to
the
defendant t h a t upon h i s conv ic t ion
of
the offense charged in
Count
One,
the
government w i l l
seek
fo r f e i t u re i n accordance
with
Ti t l e
18
United
S ta t e s
Code, Sect ion
1963(a) , which
requ i re s
any person
convicted of such offense
to
f o r f e i t
: (a)
any i n t e r e s t acqu i red o r maintained i n v i o l a t i o n
of Ti t l e
18,
United S ta t e s
Code, Sect ion
1962;
(b)
any
i n t e r e s t
in s ecur i ty
o f
cla im aga ins t o r
prope r ty
o r con t rac tua l
r i gh t o f
any
kind
a f fo rd ing
a
source o f in f luence over , any
en t e r p r i s e which
the
defendant es tab l i shed operated con t ro l l ed conducted, o r
par t i c ipa ted i n the
conduc t
o f
in
v io la t ion of T i t l e 18, United
Sta tes Code, Sect ion 1962, and (c) any
proper ty
cons t i tu t ing o r
der ived from,
any
proceeds obta
i
ned
d i r e c t l y o r i n d i r e c t l y
from
racke tee r ing
a c t i v i t y
in
v io l a t i o n
of
Ti t l e
18,
United
Sta tes
Code,
Sect ion
1962.
70. I f any
o f
the above-descr ibed fo r f e i t a b l e
proper ty
as a
r e s u l t o f
any
ac t
o r
omission of the
defendant :
(a) cannot be
loca ted
upon the exe rc i se
o f
due
di l igence ;
(b)
has been
t r an s f e r r ed
o r
so ld to
o r
depos i t ed
with , a
t h i r d
p a r ty ;
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(c) has been
placed
beyond
the j u r i s d i c t i on o f
the
cour t ;
(d)
has been subs tan t i a l ly diminished in value;
o r
(e) has been commingled with o ther prope r ty
which
cannot be divided
without d i f f i c u l t y ;
t i s
the
i n t en t
of
the United
Sta tes ,
pursuant to Ti t l e 18,
United
Sta tes
Code, Sec t ion
1963(m),
to seek
fo r f e i t u re
of
any
o the r
proper ty of the
defendant , inc luding bu t no t l imi t ed to
the de fendan t s
pension from FIFA, up
to t he value of the
fo r f e i t a b l e
prope r ty .
(T i t l e
18,
United
S ta t e s Code, Sec t ions 1963(a) and
1963(m))
CRIMINAL FORFEITURE ALLEGATION
S TO COUNT
TWO
71.
The
United
Sta tes
hereby
gives
no t ice to
the
defendant t ha t , upon h is conv ic t ion
of
the of fense
charged
in
Count Two, the
government
w i l l seek fo r f e i t u re i n accordance
with
Ti t l e
18,
United
S ta t e s Code,
Sect ion
98l(a) (1)
C)
and
Ti t l e
28, United
Sta tes
Code, Sec t ion 246 l ( c ) ,
which
requi re any
person
convic ted o f
such offense to
f o r f e i t any
and
a l l
proper ty , r e a l o r persona l , which cons t i tu t es o r i s der ived from
proceeds t r a ceab le
to a
v i o l a t i o n of
such offense .
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72. I f any of
the
above-descr ibed
fo r f e i t a b l e
proper ty ,
as r e s u l t
of
any
ac t
o r
omission
of
the
defendant :
(a) cannot be
loca ted
upon
the
exe rc i se of due
d i l igence ;
(b)
has
been
t r an s f e r r ed
o r
so ld
to , o r depos i ted
with ,
t h i r d
par ty ;
(c)
has
been placed
beyond
the
j u r i s d i c t i on
of
the cour t ;
(d)
has
been su b s t a n t i a l l y dimin i
shed
in value;
o r
(e) has been commingled with o the r prope r ty
which
cannot be div ided
with
o
u t
d i f f i c u l t y ;
t i s the i n t e n t of t he United Sta tes ,
pursuant
to
Ti t l e
21,
United
S ta t e s Code,
Sec t ion 853(p) ,
as incorpora ted
by Ti t l e 28,
United
S ta t e s
Code,
Sec t ion
246l (c ) , to
seek
fo r f e i t u r e
of
any
o ther
prope r ty o f the
defendant ,
inc luding bu t not l imi t ed to
the
de fendan t s pens ion from FIFA,
up
to
the
value of
the
fo r f e i t a b l e
prope r ty descr ibed
in
t h i s
fo r f e i t u re a l l eg a t i o n .
(T i t l e
28,
United Sta tes Code, Sec t ion
246l (c ) ;
Ti t l e
18,
United
St a t e s Code, Sec t ion
98l(a)
(1)
(C);
Ti t l e
21, United
Sta tes Code, Sec t ion 853(p))
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CRIMINAL
FORFEITURE ALLEGATION AS TO
COUNT
THREE
73.
The
United
Sta tes hereby gives not ice
to the
defendant
tha t
upon his convict ion
of
the offense charged in
Count
Three, the
government
wil l seek
for fe i tu re in
accordance
with Ti t l e 18, United
Sta tes
Code,
Sect ion 982{a) (1), which
requi res any person
convicted
of such offense
to forfe i t
any and
a l l property,
rea l o r
personal , involved in such offense, o r any
property t raceable
to such
offense
74 I f
any
of the above-described
for fe i t ab le
property,
as
a r e su l t of any
ac t
or omission of the defendant:
(a) cannot
be located upon
the
exercise of due
di l igence;
(b) has been t r ans fe r red
or
sold to ,
or
deposi ted
with,
a
th i rd
party ;
(c)
has
been
placed
beyond
the
ju r i sd ic t ion
of
the court ;
(d) has
been
subs tan t i a l ly
diminished in value;
o r
(e)
has
been
commingled with other property which
cannot
be
divided
without di f f icu l ty ;
t
i s
the in ten t
of
the United Sta tes pursuant to Ti t le 21,
United Sta tes
Code, Section
853(p),
as incorporated by
Ti t l e 18,
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United S ta t e s
Code, Sect ion 982(b) , to seek
fo r f e i t u re of any
othe r p rope r ty
of the defendant , inc lud ing bu t not l imi t ed to
the de fendan t s pension from
FIFA, up to
the
value o f
the
fo r fe i t ab le p ro p e r t y
descr ibed
i n t h i s fo r f e i t u re a l lega t ion .
( T i t l e
18,
United
Sta tes Code, Sect ions 982(a) (1)
and
982(b); T i t l e
21, United Sta t e s Code, Sect ion 853(p) )
i .
LORETT E.
UNITED ST TES TTORNEY
E STERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK