--- title: Argentinian Media Executive Named in FIFA Scandal Surrenders in Italy description: Alejandro Burzaco said he would provide information on the corruption scandal engulfing soccer's apex body canonical: https://time.com/3915537/fifa-scandal-argentine-executive-burzaco-surrenders/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-10T06:48:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:04:15.797Z article:section: Sports og:title: FIFA Fugitive Turns Himself In og:description: Argentinian media executive Alejandro Burzaco surrendered to police in Italy og:url: https://time.com/3915537/fifa-scandal-argentine-executive-burzaco-surrenders/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c3e48580072675a/698853d5e20a878d2aa8bc5b/h_51984713.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Argentine linked to FIFA scandal turns himself into Italian police og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: FIFA Fugitive Turns Himself In twitter:description: Argentinian media executive Alejandro Burzaco surrendered to police in Italy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c3e48580072675a/698853d5e20a878d2aa8bc5b/h_51984713.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # An Argentinian Media Executive Named in the FIFA Scandal Has Turned Himself In by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Jun 10, 2015 6:48 AM UTC  An undated mugshot released on 09 June 2015 by Interpol shows Alejandro Burzaco. An undated mugshot released on 09 June 2015 by Interpol shows Alejandro Burzaco.INTERPOL/HANDOUT—EPA by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Jun 10, 2015 6:48 AM UTC One of the South American businessmen implicated in the ongoing corruption scandal at world soccer’s governing body FIFA [surrendered to police](http://www.wsj.com/articles/alejandro-burzaco-media-executive-wanted-in-fifa-scandal-turns-himself-in-1433855863) in Italy on Tuesday, two weeks after the U.S. issued a warrant for his arrest. Alejandro Burzaco surrendered to authorities in the northern Italian city of Bolzano, the _Wall Street Journal_ reported. He is the former chairman and chief executive of Argentina’s Torneos SA, a media company that won the rights to broadcast several tournaments including last year’s World Cup in Brazil and this year’s Copa America, which begins in Chile on Thursday. The company fired Burzaco last week, soon after he was charged with racketeering, fraud and money laundering in an indictment by U.S. federal authorities and named in a “red notice” by Interpol. The 50-year-old was accompanied by three lawyers when he surrendered, and said he is willing to be extradited to the U.S. to provide information on the FIFA scandal. “Alejandro Burzaco surrendered today so he could expedite his arrival in the U.S. to address the charges head on,” Sean Casey, a lawyer at Kobre & Kim in New York, also representing Burzaco, told the _Journal_ in an emailed statement. U.S. prosecutors are also seeking two other Argentine executives and a Brazilian executive in connection with the massive [corruption scandal](http://time.com/3910054/fifa-scandal-sepp-blatter/), which has implicated several top officials at one of world sport’s richest organizations and resulted in the [resignation](http://time.com/3905860/sepp-blatter-fifa-president-resigns/) of FIFA chief Sepp Blatter earlier this month. \[[_WSJ_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/alejandro-burzaco-media-executive-wanted-in-fifa-scandal-turns-himself-in-1433855863)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3915537/fifa-scandal-argentine-executive-burzaco-surrenders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3915537/fifa-scandal-argentine-executive-burzaco-surrenders/"},"headline":"An Argentinian Media Executive Named in the FIFA Scandal Has Turned Himself In","datePublished":"2015-06-10T06:48:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:04:15.797Z","description":"Alejandro Burzaco says he will provide information on the corruption scandal engulfing soccer's apex body","url":"https://time.com/3915537/fifa-scandal-argentine-executive-burzaco-surrenders/","keywords":["Soccer","corruption","Italy","Scandal","Argentina","bribery","FIFA","Sepp Blatter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c3e48580072675a/698853d5e20a878d2aa8bc5b/h_51984713.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c3e48580072675a/698853d5e20a878d2aa8bc5b/h_51984713.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Argentine linked to FIFA scandal turns himself into Italian police","caption":"Argentine linked to FIFA scandal turns himself into Italian police","creditText":"INTERPOL/HANDOUT—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/soccer/","name":"Soccer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3915537/fifa-scandal-argentine-executive-burzaco-surrenders/","name":"An Argentinian Media Executive Named in the FIFA Scandal Has Turned Himself In"}}]}] ```