Philippe Blatter, a nephew of Fifa 14 Ultimate Team Coins FIFA president Sepp Blatter, is a partner in Match. Philippe Blatter couldn't reached for comment. An email sent Friday to Match's media relations contact wasn't returned.
In addition to Fofona, the other nine people charged were Brazil-based ticket scalpers, according to the police.
"The people on the front line have been arrested," Rio police inspector Renato Pereira said. "The next step in the investigation is to identify who inside FIFA or Match is involved."
According to police, the individuals in the ring would contact overseas travel agencies, offering them packages for tourists to attend World Cup matches that included accommodation and tickets.
FIFA over the years has worked to crack down on scalping by limiting the number of tickets allotted to people within the organization and by implanting chips into the tickets so they can be tracked.
Even so, at the most senior levels, including for FIFA's executive committee, members can still buy around 100 tickets and conceivably could scalp enough to net tens of thousands of dollars, www.proutcoins.com/fifa-14-coins people familiar with the process said.
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