Congo’s former FA boss sentenced to life imprisonment for embezzling £1m+ of FIFA grants
March 11 – Former Congolese Football Federation (Fecofoot) president Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas has been sentenced to life imprisonment after a court in Brazzaville found him guilty of embezzling more than €1 million in funds provided by FIFA.
The 63-year-old, who did not attend the trial, was convicted by the Brazzaville Criminal Court on charges including money laundering, forgery and the use of forged documents, as well as the misappropriation of federation funds.
Mayolas’ conviction was the headline of a sweeping case where several of his associates were also convicted,
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