The case was one of several to emerge from the 2015 probe by the US Justice Department.
The US investigation in March included raids on Fifa officials in Zurich, and led to a series of arrests and trials.
The case was one of several to emerge from the 2015 probe by the US Justice Department which rocked world football’s governing body Fifa and continental confederations for South and North America. But US district judge Pamela Chen, in a ruling issued late on Friday, said a May Supreme Court decision, meant that the convictions for wire fraud could not stand.
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