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A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday unsealed
papers saying that a defendant named Miguel Trujillo was charged
with a felony on March 4. Trujillo's case is related to publicly
known soccer-corruption cases, according to the papers.
However, the papers did not disclose who Trujillo is or what the
exact charges are that he faces. A prosecutor in the case
declined to comment, and it was not immediately known who would
be representing Trujillo.
The papers said Trujillo had waived a formal indictment by a
grand jury. Generally, in U.S. courts this is an indication that
a defendant plans to plead guilty.
A hearing where Trujillo could enter a plea is scheduled for
Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, according to a court
calendar. The calendar said he was being held in custody.
The U.S. investigation of soccer has sent Switzerland-based FIFA
and other governing bodies into an unprecedented crisis, as
executive committee members and national federation presidents
have been charged with accepting bribes in exchange for awarding
broadcast and marketing contracts.
(Reporting by David Ingram, Nate Raymond and Mica Rosenberg in
New York; Editing by Diane Craft)
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