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Tuesday briefing: CONMEBOL president linked to recovered FIFA scandal funds

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19 May 2026 - 4:30 AM

Alejandro Domínguez, president of South American football body CONMEBOL, is facing an internal ethics complaint alleging that he received millions of dollars from funds recovered after the 2015 FIFA corruption investigation, according to The New York Times.

The complaint, filed by a whistleblower said to have direct knowledge of the matter, alleges that Domínguez and another senior CONMEBOL official received more than $5 million linked to money returned to the federation following corr

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