The high-ranking world soccer officials arrested on Wednesday come mainly from the Americas and cut at the heart of the governing entity of the sport.
Here's a look at their backgrounds:
Jeffrey Webb,
Eduardo Li,
Julio Rocha,
Costas Takkas, 58, of United Kingdom, current attaché to the CONCACAF president; former CIFA general secretary.
Eugenio Figueredo,
José Maria Marin,
Two others charged in the indictment Wednesday:
Jack Warner,
Nicolas Leoz,
Four of the defendants were sports marketing executives:
Alejandro Burzaco, 50, of Argentina, controlling principal of Torneos y Competencias S.A., a sports marketing business based in Argentina, and its affiliates.
Aaron Davison, 44, of the U.S., president of Traffic Sports USA Inc. (Traffic USA).
Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, controlling principals of Full Play Group S.A., a sports marketing business based in Argentina, and its affiliates. Hugo Jinkis, 70, and Mariano Jinkis, 40, are both from Argentina.
And one of the defendants was in the broadcasting business but allegedly served as an intermediary to facilitate illicit payments between sports marketing executives and soccer officials:
Jose Margulies, 75, of Brazil, controlling principal of Valente Corp. and Somerton Ltd.
The guilty pleas of four individual and two corporate defendants were also unsealed Wednesday.
On July 15, 2013, the defendant Daryll Warner, 40, son of defendant Jack Warner and a former FIFA development officer, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a two-count information charging him with wire fraud and the structuring of financial transactions. Daryll Warner is from the U.S. and Trinidad and Tobago.
On Oct. 25, 2013, the defendant Daryan Warner, 46, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a three-count information charging him with wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and the structuring of financial transactions. Daryan Warner forfeited over $1.1 million around the time of his plea and has agreed to pay a second forfeiture money judgment at the time of sentencing. Daryan Warner is from Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada.
On Nov. 25, 2013, the defendant Charles Blazer, 70, the former CONCACAF general secretary and a former FIFA executive committee member, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a 10-count information charging him with racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, income tax evasion and failure to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR).
Blazer forfeited over $1.9 million at the time of his plea and has agreed to pay a second amount to be determined at the time of sentencing. Blazer is from the U.S.
On Dec. 12, 2014, the defendant José Hawilla, 71, the owner and founder of the Traffic Group, the Brazilian sports marketing conglomerate, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a four-count information charging him with racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
Hawilla also agreed to forfeit over $151 million, $25 million of which was paid at the time of his plea. Hawilla is from Brazil.
On May 14, 2015, the defendants Traffic Sports USA Inc., registered in the U.S., and Traffic Sports International Inc., registered in the U.S. Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy.
A search warrant was also executed Wednesday at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, Florida.
Material for this report came from the U.S. Justice Department indictment.