UEFA preparing criminal complaint against FIFA's Infantino, asks U.S. courts for FIFA documents

August 27, 2026 / 12:55 PM EDT / CBS/AP Europe's soccer governing body is asking a U.S. federal court for permission to obtain testimony and documents from FIFA entities in Florida that it could use in a planned criminal complaint against embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino. In a court filing on Thursday, UEFA said it is preparing a criminal complaint in Swiss courts against Infantino over possible financial mismanagement related to his failed plan to sell future World Cup profits to private investors , including a company founded by Joshua Kushner. The now-abandoned plan sought to transfer commercial rights linked to men's and women's World Cups and the Club World Cup into a new subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise. UEFA said it filed a request in the southern Florida district court for authorization of discovery "in a foreign proceeding" against FIFA, which has offices in Miami's Coral Gables neighborhood. Kushner is the younger brother of Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law.

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