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A top US federal investigator in the FIFA corruption scandal says he is "fairly confident" there will be another round of indictments in the case, the New York Times reported.
Richard Weber, leader of the US Internal Revenue Service criminal investigations unit, would not identify remaining targets of the federal probe or say if Sepp Blatter, elected yesterday to an unprecedented fifth term as FIFA's president, was among them.
"I'm fairly confident that we will have another round of indictments," Weber told the Times.
"We strongly believe there are other people and entities involved in criminal acts."
Two days after 14 people were charged in bribery and kickback schemes involving the global governing body for football, Weber dismissed the idea the US government was on a mission to topple FIFA's leadership, saying the probe with the FBI and US Justice Department sought out corruption that only happened to be in global football.
"I don't think there was ever a decision or a declaration that we would go after soccer," Weber said. "We were going after corruption.
"One thing led to another, led to another and another."
Federal authorities told the Times that the timing of the release of the indictments had nothing to do with the impending FIFA presidential election and was not a bid to damage Blatter's re-election chances.
Richard Weber, leader of the US Internal Revenue Service criminal investigations unit, would not identify remaining targets of the federal probe or say if Sepp Blatter, elected yesterday to an unprecedented fifth term as FIFA's president, was among them.
"I'm fairly confident that we will have another round of indictments," Weber told the Times.
"We strongly believe there are other people and entities involved in criminal acts."
Two days after 14 people were charged in bribery and kickback schemes involving the global governing body for football, Weber dismissed the idea the US government was on a mission to topple FIFA's leadership, saying the probe with the FBI and US Justice Department sought out corruption that only happened to be in global football.
"I don't think there was ever a decision or a declaration that we would go after soccer," Weber said. "We were going after corruption.
"One thing led to another, led to another and another."
Federal authorities told the Times that the timing of the release of the indictments had nothing to do with the impending FIFA presidential election and was not a bid to damage Blatter's re-election chances.