Ray Whelan, head of Fifa partner Match Hospitality, has fled to escape arrest in Rio over alleged illegal ticket sales, Brazilian police say. Police chief Fabio Barucke said Mr Whelan was officially considered a fugitive from justice. Earlier on Thursday, a judge accepted an indictment for Mr Whelan - who is British - and 11 others. An international gang is said to have earned some $90m (£52m) per tournament and may have acted at four World Cups. The gang is believed to have been making money by acquiring and illegally selling on VIP tickets and hospitality passes. Mr Whelan was first detained on Monday at the exclusive Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro and released after questioning. In a later statement, Match Hospitality denied any wrongdoing by Mr Whelan, and said he would co-operate with any investigation. However, police in Rio said they went to Mr Whelan's room in the Copacabana Palace but he was no longer there and they were told he had left an hour earlier. Mr Barucke said outside the hotel: "We have security camera images of http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-28258207
If he's English and has links with FIFA, he must be a badly bent bastard. FIFA don't like the English
Seems pretty conclusive to me Red Hadron, but not surprised. Bet he's not on the minimum wage, in fact he's probably got a salary we dream about. But like all mega salery fat cats, they just can't avoid any opportunity to grab another couple of grand, with the opinion of "I am too good to get caught"
