TY - BOOK AU - Bensinger,Ken TI - RED CARD: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal / SN - 9781501133916 U1 - 796.334068 23 PY - 2019/// CY - New York, NY : PB - Simon & Schuster, KW - Fédération internationale de football association KW - Corrupt practices KW - Soccer KW - Management KW - Criminal investigation KW - United States N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -