Former FIFA executive member Chuck Blazer 'undercover for years

FIFA whistleblower Chuck Blazer agreed to act undercover for US prosecutors investigating corruption in football.

The 70-year-old former FIFA executive pleaded guilty to 10 charges, including bribery, money laundering and tax evasion, in 2013 - charges which carried a lengthy prison sentence.
However, he was given immunity from prosecution by agreeing to become an informant for the FBI and US justice department.
Blazer's 19-page plea agreement from November 25, 2013, was unsealed following a ruling by an American judge last week and revealed that Blazer, a FIFA executive committee member from 1997 to 2013, started providing information to the authorities as far back as December 2011.
The former general secretary of North American and Caribbean confederation CONCACAF admitted, among a series of revelations, that he and other FIFA officials took bribes in connection with the 1998 and 2010 World Cups.
Blazer's pleas remained secret until they were unsealed last month on the same day 14 soccer officials and marketing executives were indicted on corruption charges, including seven men arrested in Zurich ahead of the FIFA Congress, pending extradition to the USA.