Tag: CONCACAF
Extradition request made for Webb and other FIFA officials
(CNS): The American authorities have made an official request to Switzerland to extradite Cayman’s Jeffrey Webb and the six other FIFA officials arrested in Zürich in May on corruption related charges. The Swiss authorities confirmed in a release that the formal requests were submitted to its federal justice office Wednesday evening, 1 July, ahead of […]
CONCACAF hires consultants to help clean shop
(CNS): As the regional football body, CONCACAF, comes to terms with is central role in the ongoing FIFA scandal and criminal investigations, Ted Howard, the current acting general secretary, has confirmed that it has hired a management consultancy firm to review the federation’s operations. A release from CONCACAF Tuesday said that firm Alvarez & Marsal […]
Extradition hearing for FIFA officials draws close
(CNS): With just one week to go before the US must file papers against FIFA officials arrested in Switzerland for their extradition to America, one of the men arrested alongside Caymanian Jeffrey Webb has been refused bail. Without naming him, the Swiss authorities stated that the individual was a flight risk, but according to Swiss […]
Unidentified FIFA official seeks bail in Zürich
(CNS): One of the seven men being held by Swiss authorities awaiting extradition to the United States as part of the $150 million FIFA bribery and corruption probe has made a formal appeal against the extradition and wants bail. The Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) in Switzerland issued a release Wednesday stating that one of […]
Sports exec accused of paying Webb bribes gives himself up
(CNS): The president of an Argentine sports marketing company, which allegedly paid massive bribes to FIFA officials, including Jeffrey Webb, for rights relating to the Copa America tournaments, has handed himself into to the Italian police, according to international media reports. Alejandro Burzaco, who was indicted in the US probe, was expected to appear in […]
FIFA fallout stops U15 Cayman tournament
(CNS): The CONCACAF Under-15 Boys’ 2015 Championship, which was scheduled to be held in the Cayman Islands and Jamaica in August, has been cancelled. In a release from the regional football body, the Executive Committee said it had decided to postpone the development competition until further notice but made no mention of the bribery scandal […]
CIMA boss isolated from FIFA-related probe
(CNS): Updated: Government officials have clarified that the local regulator has set up an internal unit that will report to the non-executive board, and not the CIMA managing director, to investigate the allegations made about a local bank and other offshore entities registered here in the ongoing FIFA corruption scandal. But despite family connections, CIMA MD Cindy […]
FBI hopes FIFA officials will give up Blatter
(CNS): The president of the international football body, FIFA, is reportedly in the sights of the FBI as they continue their investigation into a $150 million bribery probe at the top of the sport. The US media has reported that law enforcement agencies are hoping football officials already arrested and indicted will help nail Sepp […]
Bank reviews transaction, Blake takes over at CIFA
(CNS): The vice president of CIFA and local attorney, Bruce Blake, has been appointed as acting president of the local football body after an emergency executive meeting last night just short of a week after the arrest of Jeffrey Webb in the FIFA corruption probe. Meanwhile, Fidelity Bank has said it is “conducting an internal […]
Getting past denial, dealing with CIFA
101 writes: From a global perspective, Jeff Webb is easily the most famous Caymanian in this country’s modern history. He rose to the pinnacle of one of the world’s most influential bodies. His position and global reach was to serve as a catalyst for further enhancement of Cayman’s football, and possibly an improvement in our efforts […]
Blatter to quit as FIFA president
(CNS): Sepp Blatter, the president of the world football governing body, has announced that he will resign, just days after he was re-elected by football executives from around the world. Amid the bribery and corruption scandal that has sucked in dozens of football bosses, including CONCACAF president, Cayman’s Jeffrey Webb, the 79-year-old Swiss national has […]
