Putin Says FIFA Arrests Show U.S. Meddling Abroad, Backs Blatter

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8. The US tried to be the host for the World Cup that was sold to Qatar

(which was the stupidest decision FIFA has ever made, and must have had massive bribes behind it; it made the process a laughing stock).

And, as others have said, US companies were involved:

In the case of the FIFA charges, the alleged crimes include wire fraud. In an e-mail to The Washington Post, Prof. Jennifer Arlen of the New York University School of Law pointed out that the need for jurisdiction in that case is fairly rigid. "With wire fraud, one needs a wire that originates in the US," Arlen wrote. "This means that most of the acts of bribery that occurred (within FIFA) over the years would not be covered." On Wednesday morning, the FBI searched the offices of CONCACAF, FIFA's continental confederation located in Miami. Among the companies alleged to have been involved in criminal activity is Traffic Sports USA Inc., which also is based in Florida.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/05/27/how-the-us-can-arrest-fifa-officials-in-switzerland-explained/