--- description: An intruder at a FIFA press conference stunned the organization's embattled president on Monday by hurling what appeared to be fistfuls of cash at Sepp Blatter title: Prankster Showers FIFA's Sepp Blatter With Fistful of Cash image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc34b8873dfcbf568/69885b90cd684896d80a0e04/sepp-blatter-fifa-money.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Soccer](/tag/soccer/) ## Soccer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Prankster Showers FIFA's Sepp Blatter With Fistful of Cash  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 20, 2015 2:44 PM CUT  Banknotes are thrown at FIFA President Sepp Blatter as he arrives for a news conference after the Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich on July 20, 2015. Banknotes are thrown at FIFA President Sepp Blatter as he arrives for a news conference after the Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich on July 20, 2015.Arnd Wiegmann—Reuters  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 20, 2015 2:44 PM CUT An intruder at a FIFA press conference stunned the organization’s [embattled](http://time.com/3906105/blatter-sepp-resign-fifa/ "undefined") president on Monday by hurling what appeared to be fistfuls of cash at Sepp Blatter, drawing attention to a sweeping [corruption scandal](http://time.com/3963905/fifa-reform-executive-committee-soccer-domenico-scala/ "undefined") that has prompted Blatter to step down. “Where is my security?” Blatter could be heard asking shortly before guards dragged away the prankster, David Brodkin, a British comedian who made headlines earlier this summer for [crashing](http://time.com/3939146/kanye-west-glastonbury-stage-invasion/ "undefined") a live performance by Kanye West at Glastonbury, Sky News [reports](http://news.sky.com/story/1522132/blatter-has-money-thrown-at-him-at-briefing "undefined"). Blatter dismissed the prankster’s “lack of education” and cleared the stage at the organization’s Zurich headquarters so attendants could sweep up the paper bills. 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