“A raft of banks could face tough questions in the sweeping U.S. crackdown on alleged corruption in global football as prosecutors review how much they knew about millions of dollars in bribes flowing through the U.S. banking system to accounts around the world.
More than a dozen banks are named in the U.S. Department of Justice's indictment of nine officials at FIFA, the game's powerful governing body, and five sports media and promotion executives, over charges involving more than $150 million (£97.8 million) in bribes.
"Part of our investigation will look at the conduct of the financial institutions to see whether they were cognizant of the fact they were helping launder these bribe payments," Kelly T. Currie, acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said at a news conference.
"It's too early to say if there is any problematic behaviour, but it will be part of our investigation," he said.”
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