P.S.G. President, Nasser al-Khelaifi, Is Charged in Soccer Scheme

According to people familiar with the case and an official document, the third man is Konstantinos Nteris, the chief executive of TAF Sports, a Greek sports marketing company that secured rights in Greece and Italy for FIFA tournaments.

Nteris, who is referred to in the indictment documents as “the third accused,” is said to have made three payments totaling €1.25 million, according to the charging document.

When called for comment, an official at TAF Sports said Nteris, who is more commonly known as Dino Deris, was not available. A spokesman for the Swiss attorney general’s office said it had not released the name of the third defendant in line with Switzerland’s criminal code.

The al-Khelaifi episode has been hugely embarrassing for UEFA, which faced regular questioning about how al-Khelaifi could remain on its board while he was under criminal investigation. He has been charged in a separate bribery case by prosecutors in France.

UEFA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But its president, Aleksander Ceferin, and Andrea Agnelli, who leads the clubs’ association, have both previously backed al-Khelaifi.

The indictment also said that FIFA, which will hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, had reached an unspecified “amicable agreement” with al-Khelaifi to drop a complaint related to accusations of bribery linked to the awarding of media rights to BeIN for the 2026 and 2030 World Cup tournaments, which were secured by the Qatari broadcaster at the same time that Valcke was offered use of the villa in Sardinia.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/sports/soccer/nasser-al-khelaifi-psg-fifa.html