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21st Century Fox Ex-Executive Convicted of Bribery in FIFA Case

Second former executive accused of same crime was acquitted
New York trial stemmed from crack down on cheating at FIFA

Hernan Lopez arrives at court in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Jan. 19.Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/AFP/Getty Images

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By Patricia Hurtado

March 9, 2023 at 10:06 PM UTC

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A former executive working under the 21st Century Fox banner was convicted of bribing soccer officials to win lucrative broadcast rights to tournaments while a second former executive accused of the same crime was acquitted. Uruguay sports-marketing company Full Play was also convicted

Hernan Lopez was convicted Thursday of engaging in wire-fraud and money-laundering conspiracies for getting inside information to secure US broadcasting rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments. His former colleague Carlos Martinez was found not guilty by a jury after about 3 1/2 days of deliberations.