After Sepp Blatter announced that he will vacate his post as FIFA president amid corruption scandals, former FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer admitted to a US federal judge that he and other members of the body received bribes for the votes they made in determining the hosts of the 1998 and 2010 World Cups.

ESPN has learned that prosecutors revealed the transcript of Blazer's testimony in November 2013, in which he admitted to 10 counts of illegal conduct because of receiving bribes.

"Beginning in or around 2004 and continuing through 2011, I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup," Blazer was quoted telling U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Dearie.

The release of this admission, according to the BBC, came after the U.S. launched a criminal case against Blatter-led FIFA for allegations of "bribery, racketeering and money laundering." This forced Blatter to resign since he and a few others have already been charged for the corruption allegations.

According to the same report, the US justice department has alleged that the organization accepted bribes amounting to $150 million withing a period of 24 years.

To make things worse for Blatter and the entire FIFA organization, CNN noted that the money Blazer was referring to came from "kickbacks he received in conjunction with broadcast rights for five Gold Cups, a regional tournament featuring the United States, Mexico and other teams in the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)."

The BBC added that the agents investigating the case have already placed Blazer under the custody. The embattled former FIFA executive committee member has agreed to cooperate in the investigation and he has specifically agreed to secretly recording the conversations of his colleagues using a microphone attached to his keychain.

Aside from the bribery scandals Blazer pointed out in his confession, the BBC said Swiss authorities are also looking into the allocation of the upcoming 2018 and 2022 World Cups, with Qatar saying that it will not be stripped off of its right to host the 2022 event.

"Foreign minister Khaled al Attiyah dismissed what he called 'a bashing campaign' as anti-Arab prejudice and said Qatar was confident it could prove there had been no wrongdoing in its selection," explained the BBC.

South Africa has earlier admitted paying Fifa $10 million, but the country denied that it was a bribe. The embattled country explained that the amount was made to "an approved programme above board does not equate to bribery," as per Telegraph.

South Africa sports minister Fikile Mbalula challenged those people throwing the allegations to prove what they are saying.

"We refuse to be caught up in a battle of the United States authorities and Fifa. Our purpose and intent is to ensure that we respond to the allegations levelled at our country, government and its citizens. We categorically deny that our country and government have bribed anyone to secure the rights to the 2010 World Cup," Mbalula said.