The head of a small Chilean football club becomes a key player in the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal.
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S1.E3
Sergio Jadue prepares to televise the Copa America group draw to the entire world, as a sort of kickoff event for the tournament that will be held in his county. First comes a CONMEBOL family ...
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Judgment day has arrived for Jadue, but Agent Harris arrives just in time to rescue him from the vultures circling around the entire CONMEBOL family's deathbed. Jadue has to find the best lawyers ...
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A family governed by traditions and complicity controls South American soccer: the CONMEBOL. But one day, they allow the wrong man to join their ranks: Sergio Jadue, the president of a small soccer ...
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Explores the real-life conspiracy underlying the beginning of the 2015 FIFA Gate corruption scandal. The series covers how this house of cards fell apart because of Sergio Jadue, unknown B-league Chilean soccer club president. Jadue becomes president of the Chilean National Soccer Association, brings Copa America to Chile for the first time and oversees Chile's first-time victories in 2015 Copa America and 2016 Copa America Centenario. Along the way, Jadue becomes an informant to FBI Agent Harris as part of the US government's probe into global FIFA corruption. Through Jadue's exposure to the vast web of stakeholders that make up the global sports elite, including FIFA 'godfather' Julio Grondona and his deputy Luis Bedoya, they both participate in and ultimately reveal a conspiracy by which owners of distribution/marketing rights for high profile Latin American competitors used fraud, racketeering, and money laundering to conceal nearly $150MM in bribes that allegedly took from media ...
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corruption | association football | racketeering | football | soccer |Parents Guide:
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Andrés Parra is a Colombian actor and he had to work on his Chilean accent. Luis Gnecco is a Chilean actor and he had to work on his Colombian accent See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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A portrait of the world we currently live in, represented in soccer, but may apply to any government or corporate relationships. Fun and entertaining.