A warrant was issued with regards arresting Burzaco in relation to the 2015 FIFA corruption case,[3] where he is alleged in FBI documents to have paid $110M in bribes to allow TyC to hold on to regional football media rights.
[6] In 2017 he told jurors he paid at least 30 people more than $160 million to secure broadcasting rights to South American tournaments and World Cup matches in 2026 and 2030.
[7][8] He also said that Fox Sports, Grupo Televisa SAB, Media Pro, Globo,[6] Full Play Argentina and Traffic Group had bribed FIFA for the soccer rights.
Burzaco pleaded guilty and his firm forfeited more than $110 million convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York in December 2017.
Burzaco also testified at this year's trial of Hernan Lopez and Carlos Martinez, two former 21st Century Fox executives accused of bribing soccer officials for broadcasting rights.