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FIFA arrests: Was there connection between Manchester United and company implicated in corruption?

Football

By Mirror | May 28, 2015

Manchester United have denied a partnership with a company embroiled at the centre of the FIFA corruption scandal.

On Wednesday dawn raids saw nine FIFA officials as well as five further executives arrested after an FBI-led investigation into corruption in football.

A number of further defendants plead guilty to a range of charges and have been convicted, one being Traffic Sports USA Inc. and Traffic Sports International Inc. as well as their owner and founder José Hawilla

The official US Department of Justice statement read:

"On Dec. 12, 2014, the defendant José Hawilla, the owner and founder of the Traffic Group, the Brazilian sports marketing conglomerate, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a four-count information charging him with racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and obstruction of justice.