"Within the big picture of things, a company that has worked in this industry for 30 years, is it bad? It is bad. "

he Miami branch of a Brazilian conglomerate ruled the lucrative soccer media market on two continents — largely, federal authorities say, because it also paid out the richest bribes to the sport’s top officials.

The Traffic Group — founded by Jose Hawilla, who secretly pleaded guilty to corruption charges late last year — is at the center of a $150 million racketeering scandal that has rocked the world of professional soccer.

Read more at the Miami Herald.