FILE PHOTO: FIFA's logo is seen in front of its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland November 18, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
(Reuters) -FIFA, world soccer's governing body, will receive $201 million in compensation for losses sustained in global soccer corruption schemes, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), said on Tuesday.
The money was seized from the bank accounts of former officials who were involved in the schemes and then prosecuted following a probe into years of corruption within world soccer.
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