International Volleyball Federation goes to court

In March 2006, President Ruben Acosta from the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) went to court in Switzerland charged with falsifying documents and providing false information about commercial operations.

The court case was the culmination of a three year campaign by the former president of the former Argentine Volleyball Federation, Mario Goijman.

Mario Goijman's key allegations against the FIVB:

• falsifying the auditor's report on FIVB's financial status in 2000 before it was presented to the World Congress in 2002
  
  
• withholding information about the payment of commissions to the FIVB president for a total amount of 8,32 million SFr
  
  
• purchasing real estate in Lausanne for 1,7 million SFr whilst hiding from FIVB's board of administration that the property had belonged to the Acosta family since 1984
  
  
• failing to record 4,85 million SFr paid by the IOC to FIVB in FIVB accounts

The personal account

The whole story in Goijman's own words

For a narrative version read Mario Goijman's presentation to the Play the Game conference.

Mario Goijman receives the 2005 Play the Game award from Laura Robinson