Figueredo, a former FIFA vice-president and Executive Committee member, is accused of taking bribes from a Uruguayan sports marketing company in connection with the sale of marketing rights to the Copa América tournaments in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2023.

Swiss authorities claim Figueredo "massively influenced the competitive situation and distorted the market for media rights in connection with the Copa América", placing other sports marketing companies at a disadvantage.

Also accused of gaining United States citizenship "fraudulently by submitting forged medical reports in 2005 and 2006",  the the former vice-president of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) and ex-President of the Uruguayan Football Association has 30 days to appeal against Switzerland's Federal Office of Justice’s decision to extradite him to the US.

"The allegation that Figueredo used forged medical reports as part of citizenship proceedings would also be punishable under the Swiss Criminal Code as document forgery," said Switzerland’s Federal Office of Justice.

Former Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) President Jeffrey Webb of the Cayman Islands was among the officials arrested in May.

Webb, who pleaded not guilty to accepting bribes worth millions of dollars in connection with the sale of marketing rights at a hearing in June, is the only arrested official to have agreed to be moved from Switzerland. 

He was initially placed under house arrest in New York on $10 million (£6.5 million/€8.8 million) bail, but a city judge granted him permission to move to his mansion in Atlanta, Georgia last week. 

This came after the ex-FIFA vice-president had applied for the conditions of his bail to be changed, claiming the costs of living in his New York property were too high.

On Monday (September 14), US Attorney General Loretta Lynch confirmed that more arrests and charges are expected as the corruption investigation into FIFA continues.

Nine officials from football's governing body, and five corporate executives, have been indicted in the US and charged with offences including money laundering, racketeering and wire fraud.

Lynch would not be drawn on whether outgoing FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who resigned in June amid the scandal, was one of the people under investigation.



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