In papers filed this week in Federal court in Brooklyn, Concacaf sued former FIFA officials and Concacaf executives Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer of embezzlement, accusing them ofnegotiating bribes and kickbacks in connection with lucrative broadcasting rights for Concacaf tournaments, including the Gold Cup, and seeking the $20 million in compensatory damages and unspecifiedpunitive damages.
“There can be no doubt that Warner and Blazer victimized CONCACAF, stealing and defrauding it out of tens of millions of dollars in brazen acts of corruption for theirown personal benefit at the expense of the entire CONCACAF region,” the suit alleges.