Tuesday 29 December 2015 23:00, UK
One of the senior FIFA officials arrested in Zurich in May has been accused of earning £33,000 a month in bribes.
Eugenio Figueredo, the president of the South American football confederation CONMEBOL and a former FIFA vice president, was extradited to Uruguay from Switzerland last week.
Uruguayan prosecutors have charged the 83-year-old with fraud and money laundering. They allege that Figueredo, who is in prison in Montevideo, was receiving "improper payments" from sports marketing and television companies who were desperate to hold onto their contracts for South American tournaments controlled by CONMEBOL.
According to the indictment, Figueredo "used ploys and deceit to the detriment of Uruguayan clubs and professional footballers. These ploys aimed to maintain the status quo that had reigned for years at CONMEBOL, and which resulted in avoiding new offers and/or companies for the sale of television rights to the different tournaments".
Figueredo is believed to have been earning a monthly salary of £27,000 in his role as CONMEBOL president. If the charges are proven, it would mean that he was earning more in bribes - £33,000 a month - than he was from CONMEBOL.
CONMEBOL's last three presidents have all been arrested as part of investigations into football corruption. Figueredo is facing between two and 15 years in prison if he is convicted.
Figueredo was the president of the Uruguayan Football Association from 1997 to 2006.
