Conmebol's Dominguez Faces Ethics Complaint Over $5 Million From Recovered FIFA Funds
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Updated · The New York Times · May 18
Conmebol's Dominguez Faces Ethics Complaint Over $5 Million From Recovered FIFA Funds
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 18
Alejandro Dominguez is accused in an ethics complaint of taking more than $5 million from money recovered after FIFA’s 2015 corruption scandal, along with another senior Conmebol official.
Three people with direct knowledge said senior FIFA officials have known about the complaint to its ethics committee for more than a year, raising questions about how the case was handled.
Conmebol said it was unaware of any ethics complaint and declined further comment; FIFA did not respond, and Dominguez did not reply to requests for comment.
The allegation lands weeks before the World Cup opens in Mexico, Canada and the United States, putting renewed scrutiny on South American soccer and a FIFA vice president at a sensitive moment.
Why did FIFA sit on corruption claims against its own VP for over a year before the World Cup?
As new corruption scandals plague South American soccer, are the World Cup's finances truly secure?
With millions from the FIFAgate scandal allegedly stolen again, is soccer's anti-corruption promise just a fantasy?