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Four of the 16 FIFA o icials indicted in the
United States used o shore companies created
by Mossack Fonseca
Files show o shore companies used by some
soccer players to hold money from image rights
deals
O shore revelations extend beyond soccer to
other sports including hockey and golf
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The FIFA scandal broke into the open in 2015 when
Cast of players
The soccer players whose names appear in the
Mossack Fonseca files hail from Brazil, Uruguay, the
United Kingdom, Turkey, Serbia, The Netherlands
and Sweden, among other countries. Most seemed
to have used the law firms services to create
o shore companies to hold the money they earned
selling their image rights to athletic shoe companies
and other advertisers.
Lionel Messi and his father, who served as his sons
Messi during the 2014 World Cup Final game between Argentina and
Germany. Photo: AGIF / Shutterstock.com
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