MARRAKESH, Morocco, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Michael Garcia resigned his position Wednesday as independent ethics investigator at FIFA, world soccer's governing body, criticizing its leadership.
In his resignation statement, Garcia was critical of FIFA's choice to condense his 430-page report on the bidding process that resulted in rights to host the World Cup granted to Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022, into a 42-page summary with minimal attention paid to wrongdoing. Garcia, 42, was employed by the U.S. Attorney Office in New York before taking on the 18-month investigation.