Peru soccer chief arrested in influence-peddling probe


  • Football
  • Thursday, 06 Dec 2018

FILE PHOTO: Edwin Oviedo, newly elected President of the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF), gestures to the media after his swearing-in ceremony in Lima January 5, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil/File Photo

LIMA (Reuters) - The president of the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF), Edwin Oviedo, was arrested on Thursday in connection with an influence-peddling probe involving a former Supreme Court justice, a lead prosecutor said.

The FPF represents and is funded by soccer's world governing body FIFA, which has spent years trying to remake its image after a slew of graft scandals.

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