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FIFA Corruption Trial – Will the Feds Score Another Goal?

Episode Summary

Hosts Gregg N. Sofer and Scott Glabe are joined by Husch Blackwell colleague Sal Hernandez, former senior FBI official and private-sector compliance officer, as they discuss the upcoming trial of two individuals and a corporate defendant for criminal offenses related to corruption, kickbacks and bribes in the notorious FIFA scandal. This episode covers the government’s use of RICO, cooperator testimony, severance issues, what goes into making decisions about whether to plead guilty or go to trial and the importance of maintaining an effective compliance program.