Football: World Cup fugitive surrenders
Police confirmed Whelan had been detained after turning himself in to examining magistrate.
RIO DE JANEIRO:
A British World Cup ticketing executive accused of involvement with a scalping network blamed for fraud worth tens of millions of dollars turned himself in on Monday after a manhunt, said authorities.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2014.
A British World Cup ticketing executive accused of involvement with a scalping network blamed for fraud worth tens of millions of dollars turned himself in on Monday after a manhunt, said authorities.
Ray Whelan, a director of Fifa partner Match Services, who had left his Rio hotel before police could detain him last Thursday, surrendered to a judge in the city, according to prosecutor Marcus Kac.
Police confirmed Whelan had been detained after turning himself in to examining magistrate Rosita Maria de Oliveira Netto. Authorities had been looking for Whelan after a judge ordered him and 10 other suspects to be held over a World Cup ticket fraud involving 1,000 tickets per match alleged to be worth tens of millions of dollars.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2014.