Soccer's governing body Fifa for years had been dogged by allegations of corruption but always escaped major criminal cases. An investigation has yielded more than two dozen guilty pleas and one trial of three former Latin American soccer officials. Photo: Reuters
Soccer's governing body Fifa for years had been dogged by allegations of corruption but always escaped major criminal cases. An investigation has yielded more than two dozen guilty pleas and one trial of three former Latin American soccer officials. Photo: Reuters

US-based unit of Spanish media group Imagina fined US$24 million for bribing soccer officials

It was the latest penalty imposed in the sprawling US corruption inquiry into world soccer’s governing body Fifa

Soccer's governing body Fifa for years had been dogged by allegations of corruption but always escaped major criminal cases. An investigation has yielded more than two dozen guilty pleas and one trial of three former Latin American soccer officials. Photo: Reuters
Soccer's governing body Fifa for years had been dogged by allegations of corruption but always escaped major criminal cases. An investigation has yielded more than two dozen guilty pleas and one trial of three former Latin American soccer officials. Photo: Reuters
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