BERN, Switzerland -- One of the seven FIFA officials arrested in Zurich as part of a U.S. corruption probe has been extradited to the United States, Swiss authorities say.
Switzerland's Federal Office of Justice says the official, whom it didn't identify, was extradited on Wednesday.
It said in a statement on Thursday that he was handed over to three U.S. police officers who accompanied him on the flight to New York.
The BBC and Sky both on Wednesday reported, citing previous information, that the official in question is former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb and that he could appear in U.S. court in Brooklyn, New York, this week.
Bloomberg also reported last week that the official who was being held in Switzerland is Webb.
The official agreed last week to be extradited, unlike six others who are contesting the extradition.
The seven men who were arrested in raids on a luxury hotel May 27 in Zurich, where FIFA has its headquarters, included current and former members of FIFA's executive committee. The United States submitted a formal request for their extradition at the beginning of July.
The widening American investigation alleges bribery and racketeering worth more than $150 million involving high-ranking FIFA officials over a 24-year span.
The official who has agreed to be extradited is accused of accepting bribes totaling millions of dollars in connection with the sale of marketing rights to various sports marketing firms and keeping the money for himself, the Swiss justice office said. Those rights were related to the broadcast of World Cup qualifiers, regional tournaments and continental championships in North and South America.