Paraguayan Nicolas Leos, head of the South American federation, has received three times the 200 thousand dollars to provide exclusive television rights to broadcast football matches in the tournament for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.
Subsequently, the rights are resold by the company bribed Leos lot more money.
The boss of the football federation Ricardo Teixeira of Brazil even received from a company registered in Liechtenstein 21 transfers totaling 9.5 million dollars.
Compared with him cameroonean Ayyatu Issa, vice president of FIFA was made modest - has taken bribes amounting to "only" 20 thousand dollars.
Another vice president of FIFA, Jack Warner of Trinidad-and-Tobeygo, did get a ticket for 84 thousand dollars, which tried to sell on the black market - but failed because it ask too high a price by speculators.
Meanwhile, it became clear that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has asked the BBC News team give them any evidence of bribes taken by members of FIFA.
IOC also said it would refer the case to the Ethics Commission after one of the accused - Issa Ayyatum who is a member of the Olympic Committee is also involved.
"The IOC took note of the Air Force investigation and the program will ask to give evidence in all cases. The International Olympic Committee will not tolerate corruption in any way and will refer the matter to the ethics committee of the IOC," said the committee.
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