Former FIFA duo named as taking bribes (From Penarth Times)
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Former FIFA duo named as taking bribes
5:37pm Wednesday 11th July 2012 in National Sport © Press Association 2013
Joao Havelange was paid at least 1.5million Swiss francs in bribes, according to reports
Former FIFA president Joao Havelange and executive committee member Ricardo Teixeira were paid millions of pounds in bribes by collapsed marketing company ISL, court documents published have revealed.
Havelange was paid at least 1.5million Swiss francs, Teixeira at least 12.74m Swiss francs and the pair may have received as much as 21.9m Swiss francs according to a Swiss prosecutor's report published by FIFA.
The pair are the only two FIFA officials named in the report, with other identities kept anonymous.
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