In August 2018, the former president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), José María Marín, 86 years old, was sentenced to four years in prison in the United States after being found Guilty of participating in the scandalous FIFA corruption case, better known as the ‘FIFAgate’.
Marín not only had to go to jail, but He was fined $ 1.2 million in cash and another 3.3 were confiscated. The former leader was blamed by an American jury for accepting bribes in exchange for the marketing rights of different soccer tournaments, but, two years after his sentence, in the USA they have decided to release him out of compassion.
This Monday, March 30, the US District Judge, Pamela K. Chen, decided to release Marín, who he is about to turn 88 years old. The decision was made after the Brazilian’s lawyers requested a reduction in his sentence.
For his part, Chen argued the following reasons for releasing the former head of the Brazilian Football Federation. “His advanced age, a significant deterioration in health, a high risk of serious consequences for health due to the current outbreak of COVID-19, his condition as a non-violent criminal and the service of 80% of his sentence originates. “
The charges for which he was charged
Marín was accused of receive $ 6.6 million in bribesIn addition to being charged with three counts of conspiracy, two counts of money laundering and one more count of organized crime conspiracy.
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