体坛英语资讯：Ex-German football officials charged in 2006 World Cup fraud probe
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word="payment">payment</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2006 <span word="FIFA">FIFA</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Cup">Cup</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Germany">Germany</span>.</p><p><span word="Former">Former</span> <span word="Swiss">Swiss</span> <span word="FIFA">FIFA</span> <span word="secretary">secretary</span> <span word="general">general</span> <span word="Urs">Urs</span> <span word="Linsi">Linsi</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="charged">charged</span> <span word="of">of</span> "<span word="complicit">complicit</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fraud">fraud</span>" <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="joint">joint</span> <span word="indictment">indictment</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Office">Office</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Attorney">Attorney</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Switzerland">Switzerland</span> (<span word="OAG">OAG</span>), <span word="the">the</span> <span word="four">four</span> "<span word="are">are</span> <span word="alleged">alleged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="fraudulently">fraudulently</span> <span word="misled">misled</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="supervisory">supervisory</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="DFB">DFB</span> <span word="organising">organising</span> <span word="committee">committee</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2006 <span word="FIFA">FIFA</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Cup">Cup</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Germany">Germany</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="April">April</span> 2017 <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="purpose">purpose</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="payment">payment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="around">around</span> 6.7 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="euros">euros</span>."</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="OAG">OAG</span>, <span word="German">German</span> <span word="football">football</span> <span word="legend">legend</span> <span word="Franz">Franz</span> <span word="Beckenbauer">Beckenbauer</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="charge">charge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2006 <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Cup">Cup</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="accepted">accepted</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="loan">loan</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="around">around</span> 6.7 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="euros">euros</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Adidas">Adidas</span>' <span word="then">then</span>-<span word="boss">boss</span> <span word="Robert">Robert</span> <span word="Louis">Louis</span>-<span word="Dreyfus">Dreyfus</span>.</p><p><span word="That">That</span> <span word="sum">sum</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="alleged">alleged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="transferred">transferred</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Beckenbauer">Beckenbauer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="owned">owned</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="FIFA">FIFA</span> <span word="executive">executive</span> <span word="Mohamed">Mohamed</span> <span word="Bin">Bin</span> <span word="Hammam">Hammam</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Qatar">Qatar</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="banned">banned</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="football">football</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2011 <span word="for">for</span> <span word="corruption">corruption</span>.</p><p><span word="Der">Der</span> <span word="Spiegel">Spiegel</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="October">October</span> 2017 <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="votes">votes</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hosting">hosting</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2006 <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Cup">Cup</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> 2009, <span word="the">the</span> 6.7 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="euros">euros</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="transferred">transferred</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="DFB">DFB</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="FIFA">FIFA</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="pass">pass</span>-<span word="though">though</span>" <span word="payment">payment</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Swiss">Swiss</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Louis">Louis</span>-<span word="Dreyfus">Dreyfus</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="OAG">OAG</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="repayment">repayment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="loan">loan</span>.</p>
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