Ex-aide to soccer federation leader pleads guilty in scandal
NEW YORK — A former aide to the president of the North American professional soccer federation pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single charge — money laundering conspiracy — in a worldwide soccer scandal.
Costas Takkas, 60, worked at CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football.
The case is part of a sprawling prosecution that triggered turmoil at FIFA, the governing body of international soccer
He entered the plea in Brooklyn federal court more than a year after he was extradited to the United States from Switzerland, where he had spent 10 months in prison after he was among seven soccer officials arrested in May 2015 at a Zurich hotel two days before the FIFA presidential election.