translated from Spanish: FIFA suspended Juan Angel Napout for life for corruption

The ethics committee of FIFA, the governing body of world football, on Thursday for life sanctioned the former president of the Paraguayan association Juan Angel Napout, and fined him one million Swiss francs.” The investigation proceedings against Mr Napout concern bribery schemes during the period 2012-2015 in relation to his role in the award of contracts for media companies and marketing rights for competences of the Conmebol,” FIFA said in a statement. After his time at the Paraguayan Football Association (APF), Napout became president of Conmebol, a position he held until he was arrested in late 2015 in Switzerland, in a second raid against FIFA officials involved in bribes. He agreed to be extradited to the United States, where a New York court sentenced him in August 2018 to serve nine years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit organized crime and electronic fraud. Napout was tried alongside José Maria Marín, former head of the Brazilian Football Confederation, who was sentenced to four years in prison. A third defendant at the trial, former Peruvian leader Manuel Burga, was acquitted of all charges. Prosecutors said Napout and Marín personally obtained millions of dollars in bribes.



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