Ecuador's Soccer Federation President Luis Chiriboga (R) speaks with coach Gustavo Quinteros during a training session at Ecuador's national team headquarters in Quito, November 10, 2015, ahead of their upcoming 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Uruguay. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja
QUITO (Reuters) - An Ecuadorean court gave a 10-year jail sentence to former national soccer federation president Luis Chiriboga for corruption on Friday in another case stemming from the scandal at world governing body FIFA.
Chiriboga, 70, who ran the soccer federation for 18 years but has been under house arrest since late 2015, was convicted of money-laundering along with two others at the organization.
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