FIFA member behind illegal World Cup ticket sales: Brazil police

Posted by : Unknown Friday, 4 July 2014

This file photo shows a $90 ticket for the Spain vs. Chile game, bought by a fan on Stubhub.com, a website that connects buyers and sellers, for $775 U.S. dollars, in Puerto Rico. Brazilian police have widened their investigation into ticket scalping at the World Cup to include “the participation of someone from FIFA” as a source of tickets being resold on the street for many time their face value.

This file photo shows a $90 ticket for the Spain vs. Chile game, bought by a fan on Stubhub.com for $775 U.S. dollars, in Puerto Rico. Brazilian police have widened their investigation into ticket scalping at the World Cup.

Football’s powerful governing body came under renewed scrutiny after a Brazilian police chief said a FIFA member provided thousands of World Cup tickets sold illegally at games for millions of dollars.

Police commissioner Fabio Barucke said “someone from FIFA” and “an intermediary from Match Hospitality”, FIFA’s ticket agency, had channelled the tickets onto the black market.

The FIFA figure, whom police are trying to identify, is believed to be staying at the Copacabana Palace, a luxury Rio de Janeiro hotel used by some FIFA hierarchy at the World Cup, Barucke told reporters.

The scandal is the latest to hit FIFA, which is already battling allegations that members accepted bribes from a Qatari football official to secure support for the emirate’s campaign to get the 2022 World Cup finals.

via:http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/fifa-member-behind-illegal-world-cup-ticket-sales-brazil-police/