Fifa crisis: US charges 16 more officials after earlier Zurich arrests

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Sixteen more officials have been charged by US authorities investigating corruption at Fifa.
The new indictment, released by the Department of Justice in Washington, came hours after the arrest of two Fifa vice-presidents in Zurich on Thursday.
Former Brazil football federation chief Ricardo Teixeira was among those accused of being "involved in criminal schemes involving well over $200m (£132m) in bribes and kickbacks".



 
US attorney general Loretta Lynch: "The betrayal of trust set forth here is outrageous. The scale of corruption alleged herein is unconscionable"

Fifa said it would "fully co-operate".
Earlier, Concacaf president Alfredo Hawit and Conmebol president Juan Angel Napout were held in a dawn raid at a Swiss hotel, arrested on suspicion of accepting millions of dollars of bribes, at the request of the US authorities.
Hawit, 64, is interim president for North, Central America and Caribbean football, while Napout, 57, oversees football in the South American confederation.
The Swiss hotel is the same location where several officials from world football's governing body were arrested in May