Certainly there are many who have benefited from the current situation and the impact of the Corona virus on the whole world, which has spread greatly, and among them was the former President of the Brazilian Federation, Jose Maria Marín, one of the most prominent officials arrested because of the corruption scandals of the FIFA, FIFA.
Jose Marin was serving a four-year prison sentence for accepting bribes of millions of dollars in bribes in FIFA 2015, and Marin, 87, was scheduled to leave prison on December 9, 2020, according to the US Federal Prison Office.
Federal Judge Pamela Chen on Monday in New York granted an early release from prison to Brazilian Jose Maria Marine, after a request from Marin's lawyer, and Chen gave him a "merciful release" due to reasons including his aging age, his greatly deteriorating health, and the high risk of serious health consequences. Because of the current outbreak of the Coronavirus, he has been treated as a non-violent criminal and has served 80 percent of his original sentence. "
Marin was arrested by the International Federation in April 2019 for life after he was convicted of corruption by the American judiciary. Marin was being held at Allwood Prison in Pennsylvania and is considered one of the main figures in the major scandal that rocked world football and ravaged the FIFA since 2015.