MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian police may investigate a payment of $500,000 (£326,331) by Football Federation Australia to Jack Warner after the former football powerbroker was arrested in a sweeping corruption probe launched by U.S. authorities this week.
Australia's national football governing body claimed the payment was made as part of "mandatory" FIFA bidding criteria during the country's failed bid for the 2022 World Cup but was misappropriated by Warner.
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