Colombian FIFA Council member probed over ticket resales
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ramon Jesurun, FIFA Council member and president of Colombia’s football federation, is being investigated for alleged embezzlement and resale of tickets for World Cup qualifying matches, Colombian trade authorities said.
Jesurun, who is on FIFA’s main decision-making committee, is being probed along with his predecessor as federation president, Luis Bedoya, executive Alvaro Gonzalez Alzate, former Colombian league chairman Jorge Perdomo and others.
The trade authorities said the investigation concerned eight of the nine home South American qualifiers played by…