Tag: CONCACAF

Watson embroiled in CONCACAF civil case

Watson embroiled in CONCACAF civil case

| 08/02/2016 | 34 Comments

(CNS): As Canover Watson began serving a seven-year sentence for corruption Friday, another public scandal he is involved in can now be revealed following the lifting of reporting restrictions on a civil lawsuit filed in the US. In the civil action by CONCACAF against travel firm, Cartan Tours, Watson is accused of being involved in a corrupt deal, […]

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FIFA cuts off cash to football in region

FIFA cuts off cash to football in region

| 02/02/2016 | 46 Comments

(CNS): With both CONMEBOL and CONCACAF at the heart of the global football corruption scandal, FIFA announced Monday that it is cutting off its funding to the Americas. This means there will be no more big pay-outs from the world football HQ for the Cayman Islands Football Association or any other national football bodies in the […]

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CONCACAF faces reform as Blake faces questions

CONCACAF faces reform as Blake faces questions

| 26/01/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The executive committee of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has submitted a package of reforms and amendments to its members ahead of the extraordinary congress next month, when they will vote on the new clean-up package. Meanwhile, Bruce Blake, the president of the Cayman Islands Football Association, is […]

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Webb’s CONCACAF salary was stopped after arrest

Webb’s CONCACAF salary was stopped after arrest

| 19/01/2016 | 23 Comments

(CNS): Former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb is no longer receiving any cash from either FIFA or the regional association, CONCACAF has confirmed. Although a number of other football officials caught up in the massive FIFA corruption probe are still being paid, Webb, who has pleaded guilty to corruption charges connected to kickbacks and bribes from […]

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CONCACAF seeks firms to attract sponsors

CONCACAF seeks firms to attract sponsors

| 11/01/2016 | 5 Comments

(CNS): As the scandals concerning the world of football continue, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has released a request for proposals (RFP) to find a company to deal with the sale of worldwide sponsorship rights of the Confederation. Against the backdrop of serious corruption allegations relating to FIFA, and […]

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Webb’s former office boss sues CONCACAF in Cayman

Webb’s former office boss sues CONCACAF in Cayman

| 08/01/2016 | 0 Comments

(CNS): A woman employed as Head of International Affairs in Jeffrey Webb’s Cayman-based CONCACAF office is suing the regional football association over wrongful dismissal. In a lawsuit filed at the end of December in the Cayman Islands Grand Court, Lerina Bright claims she was forced out of her $100,000 per year job after she was […]

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CONCACAF sues sports firm for Webb’s kickbacks

CONCACAF sues sports firm for Webb’s kickbacks

| 23/12/2015 | 16 Comments

(CNS): The regional football body, CONCACAF, is trying to reclaim money, amounting to tens of millions of dollars, that it says was given to its former president, Jeffrey Webb, and other officials in the association as bribes to secure lucrative travel contracts. CONCACAF sued Cartan Tours in a Los Angeles Monday, claiming the company paid off Webb […]

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CONCACAF gives up on idea of president

CONCACAF gives up on idea of president

| 07/12/2015 | 11 Comments

(CNS): As the third of its presidents in just over three years was forced out of office due to corruption allegations, CONCACAF has given up on the idea of a single leader for the time being and announced plans for what remains of the football confederation’s executive committee to run things until its congress next […]

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Webb embezzled cash meant for poorest kids

Webb embezzled cash meant for poorest kids

| 07/12/2015 | 74 Comments

(CNS): As the international FIFA corruption scandal rolls on, the latest indictment by the United States Department of Justice outlines how Jeffrey Webb, the suspended Cayman Islands Football Association president, took cash meant for disaster relief and grassroots football programmes in some of the world’s poorest countries. Sports Minister Osbourne Bodden has again called for […]

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Webb’s CONCACAF replacement netted in FIFA probe

Webb’s CONCACAF replacement netted in FIFA probe

| 03/12/2015 | 32 Comments

(CNS): The acting president of the region’s football body has been arrested in a dawn raid in Zürich in the latest round of arrests in the growing FIFA scandal. CONCACAF’s acting president, Alfredo Hawit, who replaced Cayman’s Jeffrey Webb after his arrest in Switzerland in May, was netted on behalf of the FBI at a […]

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Swiss grant request for Takkas’ extradition

Swiss grant request for Takkas’ extradition

| 09/10/2015 | 12 Comments

(CNS): Swiss authorities have approved the US extradition request for Costas Takkas, who was Jeffrey Webb’s assistant when he was CONCACAF president. Takkas, who was once a resident of the Cayman Islands and a general secretary with the Cayman Islands Football Association, was working for Webb as an attache in Miami after the local football […]

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