Hernan Lopez, former executive of 21st Century Fox and Full Play Group, arrives at Federal Court in Brooklyn New York City, U.S., March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has thrown out the convictions of a former Fox executive and an Argentine sports marketing company for attempting to bribe soccer officials in exchange for lucrative broadcasting contracts.
In a Friday night decision, U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen in Brooklyn said the March 9 convictions of Hernan Lopez and Full Play Group could not stand because the federal law governing honest services wire fraud did not cover foreign commercial bribery.
She said the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on May 11 to throw out the unrelated corruption conviction of Joseph Percoco, a onetime aide to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, had put new limits on…
