As the case of the bribery continues to unfold, it is now revealed that South Africa, though the First African country to host the world cup, paid $10 Million to win the world cup bid, a US indictment reveals on Wednesday.
Former FIFA VP, Jack Warner
South African officials had stuffed a briefcase stuffed with $10,000 stacks and handed it over in Paris, a place where both parties decides to meet.
FIFA executives took bribes in exchange for their votes in the 2010 world cup bid, making South Africa the first African country to host the world cup, Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
An unsealed document claimed that Jack Warner, the former FIFA vice-president had ties with the South African back to the early 2000s after South Africa failed to win the World cup bid in 2006. The document said a large portion of the funds was diverted by Jack Warner for his own personal use.
Warner had ordered an intermediary to fly to Paris and meet a top official top South African bid committee to get the briefcase stuffed with bundles of $10,000. The intermediary is now identified as a co-conspirator bought a return ticket within hours and carried the briefcase to Trinindad and Tobago where he handed over the money to Warner.
Warner was suspended in 2011, for corruption charges by FIFA ethics committee.