FILE PHOTO -- Costas Takkas, former secretary-general of the Cayman Islands Football Association, departs the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in the Brooklyn borough of New York April 13, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former general secretary of the Cayman Islands Football Association has pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy in connection with the U.S. probe into bribery involving the world soccer governing body FIFA.
Costas Takkas, a 60-year-old British citizen, entered his plea on Wednesday at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen in Brooklyn, New York. He faces a maximum 20-year prison term when he is sentenced on Sept. 19, court records show.
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