FIFA Officials Arrested and Indicted For Corruption:

Nine officials of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), including two of its current vice presidents, were among 14 people indicted on Wednesday for racketeering conspiracy and corruption, the Department of Justice announced in a statement.

I know this type of thieving misbehavior doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Anytime there are big bucks involved, the corrupt, greedy cockroaches come out from all the cracks in many systems.

The following is a list of people indicted in the shakeup.

• Jeffrey Webb: Current FIFA vice president and executive committee member, CONCACAF president, Caribbean Football Union (CFU) executive committee member and Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) president.
• Eduardo Li: Current FIFA executive committee member-elect, CONCACAF executive committee member and Costa Rican soccer federation (FEDEFUT) president.
• Julio Rocha: Current FIFA development officer. Former Central American Football Union (UNCAF) president and Nicaraguan soccer federation (FENIFUT) president.
• Costas Takkas: Current attaché to the CONCACAF president. Former CIFA general secretary.
• Jack Warner: Former FIFA vice president and executive committee member, CONCACAF president, CFU president and Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) special adviser.
• Eugenio Figueredo: Current FIFA vice president and executive committee member. Former CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) president and Uruguayan soccer federation (AUF) president.
• Rafael Esquivel: Current CONMEBOL executive committee member and Venezuelan soccer federation (FVF) president.
• José Maria Marin: Current member of the FIFA organizing committee for the Olympic football tournaments. Former CBF president.
• Nicolás Leoz: Former FIFA executive committee member and CONMEBOL president.

Very impressive names and very impressive titles; but they all can be grouped into one category;  called THIEVES.

These high-flying bandits without a mask were named in the 47-count indictment for racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, among other offenses, in connection with the defendants’ participation in a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through the corruption of international soccer.

24 years the old boys have been at it. Quite an accomplishment to keep their THING going as long as they did. There must be a little honor among thieves for all of them to keep this quiet for that extended time period.  Usually one or more of the thieves or their old ladies get carried away with their spending habits and run up the red flag.

Theft of this nature is not exclusive to any bone type of organization. The amounts of money that have been stolen by charitable associations and officials from foreign countries where the USA and other sympathetic countries sent money for disaster relief  are staggering.

Just in Haiti alone, after the earthquake in 2010 there were 10’s of billions of relief dollars that never reached the people it was intended for. The people in Haiti are worse off today than they were right after the earthquake.  These thieves have no heart or soul.

I have more respect for a guy that pulls off an internet heist and doesn’t physically harm anyone then I do people that steals money that was earmarked for disaster relief victims.

We would be hard pressed to find many honest organizations where big bucks are accessible that there is not some tipping into the till.

A vast percentage of the crooks in the bigger organizations are people that are well off financially but their greed, dishonesty and high-rolling life styles get way out of control.

Usually people in their income bracket have made many friends through the years that can either buy them out of prison or fix the trail so get off with a slap on the wrist. I am sure they will be-able to find some dishonest judge that needs a few goodies.

For some thieves, enough is never enough.