NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb has arrived in the United States to face criminal charges as part of the global soccer corruption scandal, a U.S. prosecutor confirmed today to the judge overseeing the case.
Prosecutor Evan Norris said during a court hearing in Brooklyn, New York, that he did not know when Webb would make his first appearance in court to hear the charges against him and enter a plea.
Webb, a Cayman Islands national, was arrested in May in Zurich along with six other current and former FIFA officials as U.S. authorities announced a sweeping investigation of corruption in soccer. He later agreed not to fight extradition from Switzerland.
