A judge in Rio de Janeiro has accepted charges against Pat Hickey and Kevin Mallon.
In her decision, published last night, Judge Juliana Leal de Melo from the Special Court for Supporters and Large Events accepted charges that were forwarded by public prosecutor Marcus Kac on Tuesday.
The ten defendants are charged with criminal organisation, ticket touting, ambush marketing, larceny, money laundering, and tax evasion.
Also charged with Mr Hickey and Mr Mallon are co-defendants Marcus Paul Evans, Michael Glynn, Ken Murray, Eamonn Collins, Maarten Van Os, David Patrick Gilmore, Martin Studd, and Barbara Zancope Carnieri.
The judge ordered that the passports of Mr Hickey and Mr Mallon be retained, and both be impeded from leaving Brazil for the foreseeable future.
It is expected that it could be around 18 months before a court case in Rio de Janeiro reaches conclusion.
Sources have suggested that the passports of the two Irish men could be returned in this interim, but any such decision rests with the Brazilian judiciary.
