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The Department of Justice announced a new defendant in its corruption case focused on world soccer on Tuesday: Miguel Trujillo, a Colombian citizen working in Florida as a soccer consultant and agent licensed by FIFA, the sport’s global governing body, to arrange matches between national associations.
In federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday, Mr. Trujillo, the 42nd defendant in the United States’ continuing FIFA case, pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy, felonies that the federal authorities had traced to Queens.
He admitted to paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to world soccer officials related to negotiations for media and marketing contracts and international friendly matches.
Mr. Trujillo, 65, also pleaded guilty to having filed a false tax return and…
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