The luxurious life of the former Chilean soccer president in Miami after reporting those involved in the FIFA Gate

From the highest position in the Chilean National Professional Soccer Association (ANFP), Sergio Jadue established links with the largest corruption network linked to this sport, both in South America and globally.

Today, from Miami, he has become an award-winning whistleblower from the FBI in the framework of the case known as “FIFA gate”. Jadue has described to the North American agency since 2015 all his actions and those of his former partners in exchange for avoiding going to prison and enjoying a life that, according to those close to him, he always claimed to have: a yacht, an apartment in an exclusive area, restaurants expensive and other luxuries. The sentence for his role in the scandal was once again postponed in the United States and the possibility of being extradited to Chile is very remote.

The defense of the former president of the ANFP requested for the tenth time the postponement of the process and the request was accepted by the North American justice. His lawyer, William Brodsky, carried out the management and got the sentence moved to April 2021.

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Jadue’s fate is different from that of others prosecuted for the scandal. Among them are two important leaders of the South American confederation, Juan Ángel Napout (Paraguay) and José María Marín (Brazil), who were imprisoned in 2018, in New York. The defense of the aforementioned, at the time, presented an appeal to the prison sentence, which was flatly denied by the court. In the case of Napout, former vice president of Conmebol, the sentence reaches 9 years in jail.

Jadue’s path was different due to his willingness to collaborate. Experts in the field of witness protection explain that, in addition to being free during the process against him, he receives a monthly payment that would reach USD 4,000.

In Chile, Sergio Jadue was formalized in absentia and he is wanted for tax crimes for more than USD 2 million and for misappropriation of another USD 2.5 million. For these causes, and others of lesser value, the Chilean justice has requested his extradition from the United States.

Felipe Sepúlveda, prosecutor in charge of one of the related cases, He assured that he maintains the expectation that the request will be granted despite the multiple postponements that the Calerano has achieved before the North American justice.

“We are awaiting extradition”, said to The Mercury. “We are respectful of the United States Administration of Justice and we would like the situation of the accused Sergio Jadue to be resolved soon in benefit of the extradition process, which has been pending for several years “he added.

Jadue came to the United States when he was still serving as the president of Chilean soccer. Aware of the investigative process, He requested protection of his security in exchange for beginning to expose leaders involved in the embezzlement of millionaire sums from soccer broadcasting rights and the choice of venues for competitions, including the Copa América in Chile in 2015.

The journalist Juan Eduardo Hernández, who has investigated Jadue’s steps, revealed that the exclusive sector of Sunny Isles, where lives a department that costs no less than US $ 32 million.

The story of the former Chilean soccer president has enough edges to have become a television series. Something that Amazon already did, with “President”.

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