Chuck Blazer

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Charles Gordon "Chuck" Blazer (born April 26, 1945 in Queens , New York City , † July 12, 2017 in New Jersey ) was an American football official .

Blazer was General Secretary of CONCACAF until 2011 and a member of the FIFA Executive Committee from 1996 to 2013 .

In April 2013 he waived re-election after allegations of corruption. At the beginning of May 2013, the FIFA Ethics Committee banned him for 90 days from any activities in national and international football due to an ongoing investigation. June 2015 it became known that Blazer had admitted to US investigative authorities that he was accepting bribes. In July 2015, the FIFA Ethics Committee banned Blazers for life.

Espionage

Blazer had led the North, Central American and Caribbean football confederation CONCACAF for two decades with the Caribbean football official Jack Austin Warner, who was involved in many scandals, and diverted millions of dollars for himself. At this time he was nicknamed "Mister 10 percent", which corresponded to the proportion that he skimmed off for himself privately.

When the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigated him for embezzlement of large amounts in 2011 , he agreed to spy on his colleagues, customers and business partners. Among other things, he recorded confidential discussions in the applications for the 2018 and 2022 World Championships .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ International Business Times: Fifa in crisis: Who is FBI mole Chuck Blazer?
  2. ↑ Jeré Longman, Rebecca R. Ruiz: Chuck Blazer, Central Figure in FIFA Scandal Dies at 72. In: The New York Times . July 13, 2017, accessed July 13, 2017 .
  3. ↑ BLAZER Chuck - USA. (No longer available online.) FIFA, archived from the original on April 22, 2012 ; Retrieved June 29, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.fifa.com
  4. ↑ FIFA: Chuck Blazer banned for 90 days. goal.com, May 6, 2013, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Blazer admits to having taken bribes. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . June 3, 2015, accessed June 4, 2015 .
  6. ↑ FAZ.net July 9, 2015: Fifa ethics committee bans Chuck Blazer for life
  7. ↑ FBI overheard Fifa officials. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . November 3, 2014, accessed November 3, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Blazer, Chuck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blazer, Charles Gordon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football official
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Queens , New York City , USA
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 2017
Place of death New Jersey