Bensinger, Ken,

RED CARD : How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal / KEN BENSINGER. - First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. - xix, 359 pages, [8] pages of plates ; illustrations ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-344) and index.

ONE : Berryman TWO : Tickling the wire THREE : "Have you ever taken a bribe?" FOUR : A guy from Queens FIVE : The vote SIX : Jack vs. Chuck SEVEN : Port of Spain EIGHT : A made man NINE : RICO TEN : Blazer's money ELEVEN : The flip TWELVE : The crown jewel THIRTEEN : Queen for a day FOURTEEN : The king is dead, long live the king FIFTEEN : Faster, higher, stronger SIXTEEN : My way SEVENTEEN : The pact EIGHTEEN : The Warner brothers NINETEEN : "A sad and sorry tale" TWENTY : "Leave us out of this" TWENTY - ONE : I am not your friend TWENTY - TWO : One is silver, the other gold TWENTY - THREE : Trust and betrayal TWENTY - FOUR : "All of us go to prison" TWENTY - FIVE : Payback TWENTY - SIX : Things fall apart TWENTY - SEVEN : Takedown TWENTY - EIGHT : "A great day for football" TWENTY - NINE : A zealous advocate THIRTY : Plus ça change EPILOGUE : The trial.

"The definitive account of the FIFA scandal, the biggest international corruption case of recent years, touching dozens of countries and spearheaded by U.S. investigators, published on the eve of the biggest sporting event on the planet, soccer's World Cup"-- Provided by publisher.
The FIFA case began with an IRS agent's review of an American soccer official's tax returns. It led to a huge worldwide corruption scandal that crossed continents and reached the highest levels of the soccer's world governing body in Switzerland. Bensinger shows that this corruption existed for decades before American law enforcement officials began to dig. Nearly every aspect of the planet's favorite sport was corrupted by bribes, kickbacks, fraud, and money laundering. Not even the World Cup was safe from corruption. And it is far from over.

9781501133916 RM 89.90


Fédération internationale de football association --Corrupt practices.


Soccer --Corrupt practices.
Soccer--Management --Corrupt practices.
Criminal investigation--United States.

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