Former Fox exec found guilty in bribery scheme for soccer game rights

[UpInArms]

Source: Axios

A New York federal jury found a former 21st Century Fox executive guilty on Thursday in an alleged scheme to bribe FIFA officials for lucrative soccer game broadcasting rights.

Driving the news: Hernan Lopez was convicted of conspiring to commit wire fraud and launder money, but co-defendant Carlos Martinez was acquitted on the same charges, per a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.

Argentinian sports marketing company Full Play Group S.A. was also convicted in the alleged scheme.

Zoom in: Prosecutors said Lopez engaged in an alleged scheme to pay millions of dollars in bribes to South American soccer officials in order to secure broadcasting rights the Copa Libertadores — the region’s most popular club tournament, among other events.

He also "relied on loyalty secured through the payment of bribes" to advance the business interests of Fox, including to obtain confidential bidding information for the rights to broadcast the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments in the U.S., rights which Fox successfully obtained," the U.S. Attorney's office said.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2023/03/10/former-fox-exec-bribery-scheme-world-cup

[Botany]

1. So Fox bribed FIFA through a 2nd party and they got the World Cup in 2022?

Fox News/News Corp is a disinformation operation as well as a criminal operation too. RICO much?

BTW on election night 2016 as Trump was being given the White House by a massive attack on our democracy by
Russia/Vlad in exchange for Trump giving up much of Ukraine to Vlad Sean Hannity's former producer and News
Corp Exec was partying in Moscow with some of the same Russians who helped to rat fuck our elections.* Some of
the exact same people who attended Don Jr's Trump Tower June 2016 meet up were @ that party.

*https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-fox-news-producter-for-sean-hannity-jack-hanick-indicted-for-helping-russia

[UpInArms]

3. There are better pics, but here are a few

The gang's all here: Ivanka Trump and husband Jared attended the US Open on Sunday (clockwise from top left: Michael Kives, Wendi Deng, guest, John Hess, Princess Beatrice, Karlie Kloss, Dasha Zhukova, David Geffen, Michael Hess, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner)


Trump and Murdoch weren't the only big names at their box. The women were joined by the likes of David Geffen (seated next to Deng), Princess Beatrice (top right) and Roman Abramovich's wife Dasha Zhukova (bottom right)

[Botany]

5. Disgusting shits with their $2,500 handbags who go to events like the US Open just to be seen.

Who is that slime ball in the blue?

[UpInArms]

6. Identified only as "guest"

Looks like a russian

[Botany]

8. I would agree Russian Oligarch type

He has the look of a rich mobster who has had people killed for his business.

[rpannier]

2. Shame he isn't taking half of FIFA's executive committee with him

[Ford_Prefect]

4. Sounds like SOP for Murdoch's Empire. The Dark Lord will have it his way by any means at all.

[republianmushroom]

7. More crooked Fox crap.