Indictment containing 47 charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering unsealed against nine officials and five sports executives Charges against nine Fifa officials and five sports business executives alleging “rampant, systemic and deep-rooted” corruption were announced by the US attorney general, Loretta Lynch, on Wednesday, with 47 counts including racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering.The charges are detailed in an indictment unsealed after Swiss police swooped on a luxury hotel in Zurich, where Fifa officials had gathered ahead of the annual congress of football’s governing body.