The president of the company that owns a majority stake in the Carolina RailHawks was one of 14 people indicted Wednesday in an ongoing U.S. corruption probe linked to FIFA that involves bribes totaling more than $100 million.

Aaron Davidson is listed as a Director of Carh Holdings, President of Traffic Soccer Club and President of Traffic Sports USA, Inc. He was relieved of his position as Chairman of the North American Soccer League Board of Governors Wednesday following the indictment.

"In light of the ongoing investigation announced by the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday, the North American Soccer League's Board of Governors has suspended Chairperson Aaron Davidson, along with all business activities between the league and Traffic Sports, effective immediately," the NASL said in a statement.

Commissioner Bill Peterson will serve as the acting Chairperson.

In all, Davidson faces 12 charges: racketeering conspiracy, four counts of money laundering, six counts of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.

Traffic Sports USA, Inc., a U.S.-based subsidiary of Traffic Sports, is the majority stakeholder of the Cary-based RailHawks.

The RailHawks, the only NASL club owned by Traffic Sports, will continue to operate as usual. The club's management team will continue to manage the day-to-day operations.

RailHawks general manager Curt Johnson said the team would not release a statement beyond that of the NASL.

The case involves bribes "totaling more than $100 million" linked to commercial deals dating back to the 1990s for soccer tournaments in the United States and Latin America, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice said in a statement.

U.S. Attorney Kelly Currie called Wednesday "the beginning" of the work to investigate corruption in global soccer. He added the investigation of FIFA, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, the international governing body of association football, gathered momentum "for a number of years."

The Swiss Federal Office of Justice said in a statement that U.S. authorities suspect the arrested officials of having received or paid bribes totaling millions of dollars and that the crimes were agreed to and prepared in the U.S., and payments carried out via U.S. banks.

"All of these defendants abused the U.S. financial system and violated the U.S. law," said Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

"The bribery suspects — representatives of sports media and sports promotion firms — are alleged to have been involved in schemes to make payments to the soccer functionaries (FIFA delegates) and other functionaries of FIFA sub-organizations - totaling more than USD 100 million," the FOJ statement said.

The U.S. charges were filed shortly after Swiss federal prosecutors opened criminal proceedings related to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

The Swiss prosecutors' office said in a statement they seized "electronic data and documents" at FIFA's headquarters on Wednesday as part of their probe. And Swiss police said they will question 10 FIFA executive committee members who took part in the World Cup votes in December 2010.

The Swiss investigation against "persons unknown on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and of money laundering" again throws into the doubt the integrity of the voting.

The RailHawks are scheduled to play in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Wednesday night against Charlotte. Davidson told WRALSportsFan.com in April that Traffic Sports was in active negotiations over the possible sale of the RailHawks.

The RailHawks have been courting NC-based minority investors since Traffic Sports became the team’s owner in 2011.