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Fifa corruption: Jeffrey Webb to appear before US judge Fifa corruption: Jeffrey Webb pleads not guilty in US
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Former Fifa Vice-President Jeffrey Webb is to appear before a judge in the US as part of a massive corruption scandal in the world's football governing body. Former Fifa Vice-President Jeffrey Webb has pleaded not guilty in connection with a massive corruption scandal in the world's football governing body.
Federal prosecutors in New York say Mr Webb, 50, will be arraigned at 14:00 local time (18:00 GMT). He was placed under house arrest on $10m (£6.4m) bail by a New York judge.
Mr Webb, from the Cayman Islands, is accused of accepting bribes worth millions of dollars in connection with the sale of marketing rights.Mr Webb, from the Cayman Islands, is accused of accepting bribes worth millions of dollars in connection with the sale of marketing rights.
He was detained in Switzerland in May and this week extradited to the US. He was detained in Switzerland in May, along with six football officials, and was this week extradited to the US.
The former president of the Central and North American football federation (Concacaf) is one of seven football officials who were detained on corruption charges in Switzerland. He was the only one not to contest his extradition from Switzerland and the first to appear in an American court.
He must remain at home within a 20-mile (32km) radius of the court, his movements will be monitored via an electronic tag and he has relinquished his passports.
His lawyer has declined to comment.
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The other six are fighting their extradition to the US, where the charges were laid. Mr Webb smiled at his wife and appeared confident in a crisp white shirt when he made his hour-long appearance, reports the BBC's Nick Bryant from the court.
The men were held at the request of the US Department of Justice, which has indicted a total of 14 current and former Fifa officials and associates on charges of "rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted" corruption" following a major inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Ironically, as he was listening to the charges he faces, there was a football match being played on the grass outside the courthouse, our correspondent says.
Mr Webb, 50, has been provisionally banned as Fifa vice-president. He is also the former president of the Central and North American football federation (Concacaf).
The other six people arrested are fighting their extradition to the US, where the charges were laid.
The men were held at the request of the US Department of Justice, which has indicted a total of 14 current and former Fifa officials and associates on charges of "rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted" corruption following a major inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The investigation was initially sparked by the bidding process for the Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 World Cups, but was widened to look back at the dealings of world football's governing body over the past 20 years.The investigation was initially sparked by the bidding process for the Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 World Cups, but was widened to look back at the dealings of world football's governing body over the past 20 years.
The Department of Justice's indictment says that the corruption was planned in the US, and that American banks were used to transfer money.The Department of Justice's indictment says that the corruption was planned in the US, and that American banks were used to transfer money.