A New York judge on Thursday dismisses an application by Honduran previous FIFA VP Alfredo Hawit to be set under house capture without safeguard over his association in the defilement case holding world football.
Hawit, 64, who was removed to the United States on Wednesday from Switzerland taking after his capture on December 3, denies 12 charges including racketeering scheme, wire extortion and government evasion.
Lawyer Justin Weddle asked for to judge Robert Levy that Hawit ought to be permitted to be put under house capture and fitted with an electronic checking gadget at his girl's home in Miami.
Demand dismisses the solicitation yet left the open the likelihood the court could reevaluate if Hawit saved a "critical sum" of around $20,000-$50,000.
Prosecutors have depicted Hawit as a critical flight chance and requested that safeguard be posted at $4 million ensured by either $500,000 in real money or US property.
Hawit, the suspended head of CONCACAF, the local body for football in North and Central America and the Caribbean, is one of 39 authorities and showcasing administrators blamed for requesting and accepting a huge number of dollars in rewards and kickbacks.
US prosecutors claim that Hawit acknowledged and washed a huge number of dollars in rewards as general secretary of the Honduran soccer organization somewhere around 2008 and 2014.
Swiss powers reported on January 6 that he had consented to be sent to the United States.
Hawit is the fifth FIFA official removed by Switzerland to the United States regarding the extending multi-million-dollar debasement embarrassment that has shaken world soccer since May.
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