US jury acquits Peruvian defendant in FIFA bribery case

US jury acquits Peruvian defendant in FIFA bribery case

[unable to retrieve full-text content]NEW YORK (AP) — A former South American soccer official was acquitted Tuesday of a corruption charge stemming from the FIFA bribery scandal after two others were convicted last week, capping a trial in which U.S. prosecutors sought to expose a culture of greed and corruption among the powerful men who oversee the world’s most popular sport.
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