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DFB Faces €270,000 Fine in 2006 World Cup Bribery Trial

Prosecutors demanded a €270,000 penalty over allegations that the DFB disguised a €6.7 million FIFA payment as a gala expense to hide €2.7 million in taxes before the Wednesday ruling

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Im Juli 2000 übergab FIFA-Boss Sepp Blatter (l.) symbolisch den WM-Pokal an Franz Beckenbauer und DFB-Koordinator Fedor Radmann.
Theo Zwanziger (M), früherer DFB-Präsident, Wolfgang Niersbach (3.v.l.), früherer DFB-Präsident, und Horst R. Schmidt (r), früherer DFB-Generalsekretär, im Gerichtssaal des Landgerichts Frankfurt/Main
Oberstaatsanwalt beim Sommermärchen-Prozess: Jesco Kümmel

Overview

  • On Monday the Frankfurt court heard the prosecution’s closing plea seeking a €270,000 fine against the DFB for its role in the 2006 World Cup payment scheme.
  • Prosecutors argue the association evaded around €2.7 million by classifying the €6.7 million payment to FIFA as a canceled gala expense.
  • The payment was allegedly orchestrated by Franz Beckenbauer to bribe FIFA financial committee members and secure a €170 million World Cup grant.
  • Proceedings against former executives Theo Zwanziger, Wolfgang Niersbach and Horst R. Schmidt were dropped after they paid fines earlier in the trial.
  • Judges are set to deliver their verdict on Wednesday after 33 days of hearings that highlighted the DFB’s delayed cooperation and document withholding.