Former FIFA official Jeffrey Webb exits following his hearing at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in the Brooklyn Borough of New York August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former high-ranking football official charged with soliciting bribes, including $500,000 (324,576 pounds) that allegedly went to build a swimming pool at his house, wants to stay in that house near Atlanta while he awaits trial, his lawyer said on Thursday.
Jeffrey Webb, a former vice president at football's world governing body FIFA, is charged with using his position to solicit bribes from sports marketing companies. A Cayman Islands national, he was released in July on a $10 million bond and has since been restricted to living within 20 miles (32.187 kilometers) of the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York.
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