[Sport] Switzerland returns to Conmebol millions seized by FIFAGate case

[Dr.Drako]

 

Beriberi money was deposited by directors Nicolás Leoz and Eduardo Deluca in banks in Zurich.

Conmebol has confirmed that the Swiss Prosecutor's Office has ordered the transfer of nearly 40 million dollars (36.6 million Swiss francs) confiscated as a result of the acts of corruption of Nicolás Leoz and Eduardo Deluca, former directors of the confederation, involved in the case FIFAGate in 2015.

 

Alejandro Domínguez, current head of the South American entity, has been in charge of bringing this claim forward before the Swiss courts, for the money that the late Paraguayan leader, Nicolás Leoz, and Argentine Deluca, his secretary general, for 23 years diverted to personal accounts .

The decision of the attorney general's office recognizes that this money was the product of bribes for negotiating television rights for the Copa América and Copa Libertadores.

 

"Both abused their positions to the detriment of Conmebol and became illegally rich."

Alejandro Domínguez himself spoke from his social networks about this important ruling. “Historic achievement! CONMEBOL recovers around US $ 37 million from Leoz and Deluca's Swiss bank accounts.

 

We ratify our commitment to fairness, transparency and clear rules. What football generates must be reinvested in football "

In the Congress called for November, this money will be accounted for and the destination of these funds will also be resolved.

 

"The money returned to Conmebol -in Switzerland, Paraguay and the United States- to date amounts to 53.5 million dollars, something that was difficult to track and recover," sums up a statement from Conmebol.