MADRID: Spanish police on Wednesday briefly arrested disgraced ex-football chief Luis Rubiales (pix) Wednesday in connection with an alleged graft sca...
Wednesday in connection with an alleged graft scandal at the RFEF football federation when he was president.
His arrest came two weeks after investigators searched 11 locations, including the RFEF’s Madrid headquarters and Rubiales’ house in the southern city of Granada, as part of a probe into alleged corruption and other crimes. The Super Cup contracts are worth 40 million euros a year with the deal brokered by Kosmos, a company owned by former Barcelona and Spain defender Gerard Pique.According to Cadena Ser radio, Guardia Civil police flew to the Dominican Republic and on Monday searched the premises where Rubiales has been staying, seizing a laptop and a mobile phone following an order by the investigating judge.
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