Alejandro Burzaco
Alejandro Burzaco | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964/1965 (age 56–57)[1] |
| Nationality | Argentinian Italian |
| Occupation | former CEO TyC |
Alejandro Burzaco (born 1964) is an Argentine businessman, the former CEO of Torneos y Competencias (also known as TyC or Torneos), a sports marketing company.
A warrant was issued with regards arresting Burzaco in relation to the 2015 FIFA corruption case,[2] where he is alleged in FBI documents to have paid $110M in bribes to allow TyC to hold on to regional football media rights. On 27 May 2015, Swiss police and assisting FBI agent missed his arrest, and when they called on his hotel bedroom as he was already at breakfast.
Burzaco fled Switzerland, and was subsequently sacked from his position by TyC on 3 June 2015. As he holds dual Italian citizenship, he fled there. With his whereabouts unknown to authorities, Interpol issued an alert requesting his arrest. Accompanied by his two lawyers, on 10 June 2015 Burzaco turned himself in to Italian police in the northern city of Bolzano.[3]
Later Alejandro Burzaco became the U.S. government's star witness of the corruption case. In 2017 he told jurors he paid at least 30 people more than $160 million to secure broadcasting rights to South American tournaments and World Cup matches in 2026 and 2030.[4]
He also said that Fox Sports, Grupo Televisa SAB, Media Pro, Globo, Full Play Argentina and Traffic Group had bribed FIFA for the soccer rights. Burzaco pleaded guilty and his firm forfeited more than $110 million convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York in December 2017.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Nine FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption". justice.gov. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Halliday, Josh (27 May 2015). "Fifa corruption arrests: key questions answered". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Fifa scandal: Alejandro Burzaco resurfaces in Italy - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Brazilian, South American Soccer Bosses Guilty of Bribery". BloombergQuint. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
- ^ West, Jenna. "Ex-Fox Marketing Executives Charged in FIFA Bribery Case". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
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