Guatemala City: Nearly Dh4 million in funds from football’s global governing body Fifa may have gone missing from Guatemala’s football federation last year, according to sources and an internal audit seen by Reuters.
Dozens of officials worldwide have been charged by US authorities probing corruption in Fifa, in an investigation that has sent shockwaves across the sport.
In 2015, Guatemalan federation Fedefut received 8.24 million quetzals (Dh4 million) in nine deposits from Fifa from February to October, according to a document signed by the federation’s accountant and seen by Reuters.
The Fedefut budget presented early last year totaled about Dh5.5 million but only included about Dh920,000 in Fifa funding while the remaining funds from the nine deposits were not included, according to sources knowledgeable about the internal audit.
