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Sentencing of Jeff Webb postponed for a fifth time

by June 23rd, 2017

The sentencing of  former  Concacaf  President  Jeff  Webb  has  been  postponed  for a 5th time.

The former FIFA Vice President who was arrested in Zurich in hotel raids in May 2015 will now  be  sentenced  on January 24 2018.

Webb was extradited to the US following his Swiss arrest and pleaded guilty in November 2015 to seven counts of criminal conduct – racketeering conspiracy, three counts of wire fraud conspiracy and three counts of money laundering conspiracy.

Webb is currently on bail in the US with travel restrictions limited to the area around his home.

His lawyers told the court that he is selling his home in Atlanta, Georgia, and that the money from the sale will be handed over to the US court as part of an asset forfeiture agreement.

Webb was the most high profile figure in the arrests that rocked FIFA and the football world.

The postponement of Webb’s sentencing was at the request of his own lawyers…… postponements generally suggest that the accused has more information to trade, though it is hard to see what else Webb might have left to give up.

Webb could face 20 years jail time for the racketeering charge alone.

 

 

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