KPMG Quits as FIFA’s Auditor, a Move Soccer Body ‘Welcomes’
- Auditor had held role for more than a decade of service
- FIFA will appoint new permanent auditor before 2017 congress
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KPMG stepped down as FIFA’s auditing firm as soccer’s world governing body races to clean up a reputation dented by allegations of bribery and corruption.
FIFA said in a statement that it “welcomed” the opportunity to work with a new auditor. It will pick one soon on a temporary basis and confirm a more permanent provider at a meeting in May, it said in an e-mailed statement Monday.