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Top FIFA official admits World Cup scalping
06-18-2006
Reuters
A member of the executive committee of world soccer's administrative body FIFA has admitted selling World Cup tickets at three times their face value.
Ismail Bhamjee of Botswana has been ordered to leave Germany as soon as possible, FIFA said overnight.
Mr Bhamjee had signed a statement admitting selling 12 tickets for England's match against Trinidad and Tobago for 300 euros ($513) each, 200 euros more than the face value, FIFA said in a statement.
"I am very disappointed about the conduct of a member of the FIFA executive committee," FIFA president Sepp Blatter said. "In such a situation, FIFA acts immediately and firmly."
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