Cup hospitality exec arrested in ticket probe

A senior executive with the official World Cup corporate hospitality provider was arrested on Monday in the plush beachside hotel where FIFA president Sepp Blatter is staying as part of a Brazilian police investigation into illegal ticket sales.

Brit Ray Whelan, a director of MATCH Services, was arrested at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, the hotel used by senior FIFA officials during the World Cup.

Whelan was detained as part of a larger police investigation dubbed "Operation Jules Rimet". He was characterized by police investigator Fabio Barucke as being the "facilitator" who allowed a large ring of scalpers to have access to tickets.