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The latest on the New York sentencing of a former
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NEW YORK (AP) - The latest on the New York sentencing of a former judge who led Guatemala's soccer federation (all times local):6:30 p.m.A top Maplestory Mesos New York federal prosecutor says the first sentencing of someone in the U.S. in the FIFA (FEE'-fuh) world soccer corruption scandal shows anyone who uses U.S. banks in corrupt schemes can face prison.
Hector Trujillo, a former judge and former secretary general of the Guatemalan soccer federation, enters Federal Court in Brooklyn for the sentencing phase of his trial in connection with a global FIFA soccer probe, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, in New York. Trujillo pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy in June. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget Rohde's statement Wednesday explains how U.S. prosecutors were able to prosecute more than 40 people and marketing agencies linked to soccer in the Americas since 2015.She commented after a judge sentenced an apologetic Hector Trujillo to eight months in prison for taking $174,000 in bribes to steer contracts to Guatemala's soccer federation.Trujillo is a former judge. He was arrested in Florida in 2015 and pleaded guilty in buy Maplestory Items June.FBI New York office head William Sweeney says Trujillo was like many others who've pleaded guilty in the "sweeping corruption investigation." He says they used their powerful positions to satiate their greed. 
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