In July, another high-ranking fifa coins official, Cayman Islands banker Jeffrey Webb, appeared in the courthouse to enter a not guilty plea and was released on $10m bond. The five remaining defendants in Switzerland are fighting extradition.
The Fifa officials are among 14 people named in a US indictment alleging they plotted to arrange bribes of more than $150m tied to the award of broadcasting and hosting rights for the World Cup and other tournaments over 24 years.
Marin was appointed to head the 2014 World Cup local organising committee after the resignation of Ricardo Teixeira, who was implicated in a previous hellofifa.com scandal for taking million-dollar kickbacks from World Cup broadcasting deals.He also succeeded Teixeira, a longtime Fifa executive committee member, as president of Brazilian football’s governing body in 2012. He held that position until April 2014.