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MONTEVIDEO. — Fallen FIFA vice-president Eugenio Figueredo received $50 000 a month in “improper payments” from sports marketing companies, authorities in his native Uruguay alleged on Tuesday in an indictment.

The 83-year-old ex-football boss, one of seven top FIFA officials arrested at a Zurich luxury hotel in May, received “hefty sums” each month to ensure firms retained their exclusive broadcast rights to various South American tournaments, said the indictment published by a Uruguayan court. Figueredo, who was extradited from Switzerland to Uruguay last week, faces charges of fraud and money laundering, and is currently in jail pending trial. Detailing their case against him, prosecutors said records showed Figueredo received not only a monthly salary of $40 000 as president of South American football confederation CONMEBOL, but also $50 000 a month in bribes, which he invested in Uruguayan real estate. — AFP.