Mr 10 Percent: The Suburban Dad Who Fleeced Global Soccer

About this episode

The episode explores the life of Chuck Blazer, a key figure in exposing corruption within FIFA.

He rode a mobility scooter through Central Park with a parrot on his shoulder. He also helped pull off one of the biggest financial scams in sports history. This is Chuck Blazer, the flamboyant soccer bureaucrat turned FBI informant whose corruption helped reveal criminal activity at FIFA — the organization responsible for world soccer, including the World Cup — from the inside.

Topics covered

• financial scams
• soccer
• FIFA corruption
• sports history
• FBI informant

Keywords

• Chuck Blazer
• FIFA
• financial scam
• soccer
• FBI informant
• World Cup
• corruption

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FIFA

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