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Uruguayan judge confiscates Eugenio Figueredo's properties

Xinhua, June 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

Uruguayan judge Adriana de los Santos, who specializes in organized crime, has seized nine properties in the South American country belonging to Eugenio Figueredo, the former president of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) and the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL).

Figuredo is being investigated on corruption charges for his alleged involvement in money laundering and racketeering among other charges.

Figueredo had properties in the South American country with an estimated value of five million U.S. dollars, published local daily El Observador on Wednesday.

The properties were seized at the request of prosecutor Juan Gomez and consist of four properties in the exclusive Punta del Este resort (eastern Uruguay) and five in one of the most expensive areas of the country's capital Montevideo.

A Uruguayan court of appeal recently permitted authorities to continue investigating 83-year-old Figueredo who was the vice president of CONMEBOL between 1993 and 2013 and he took up the role of president of AUF during this time as well (1997-2006).

In 2013-2014 he was president of CONMEBOL and since 2014 he has been the vice president of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

Figueredo was arrested on May 27 in Switzerland along with other members of FIFA all accused of corruption by the United States justice system.

Figueredo is being investigated in Uruguay for a claim made by local football clubs in 2014 surrounding his handling of television rights for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana football tournaments.

Uruguayan businessman Francisco "Paco" Casal offered 805 million U.S. dollars for the television rights to these tournaments while CONMEBOL gave the rights to the company T&T for 381 million U.S. dollars, according to the claim.

T&T director Alejandro Burzaco is under house arrest in Italy awaiting extradition to the U.S. to face similar corruption charges to Figueredo. Endi