Tag: corruption
Email chain implies major bid manipulation
(CNS): Constant email communication between Jeffrey Webb, the former CIFA and CONCACAF Vice President, and Canover Watson in the runup to the awarding of the hospital CarePay contract to AIS (Cayman) Ltd demonstrated that Watson, the HSA chair at the time, was deeply involved in the tendering process “at both sides”, the jury heard Tuesday […]
Watson set out to line own pocket, says crown
(CNS): The former chair of the HSA was accused of being involved in a “cynical scheme to line his own pocket” with public cash, when the crown opened its case Monday against Canover Watson and his former personal assistant, Miriam Rodrigues. In an opening statement expected to last for several days, the prosecutor began setting out […]
Jury surveyed ahead of hospital corruption case
(CNS): Following a written survey almost 100 prospective jurors were eliminated Friday before the selection process began for the seven men and women who will hear the case against Canover Watson and Miriam Rodriques for their alleged involvement in a corrupt hospital contract. Six women and one man were finally selected after all those with […]
Trial preparation begins for hospital corruption case
(CNS): Local businessman and former Health Services Authority board chair, Canover Watson, as well as his former personal assistant, Miriam Rodriquez, are schedule to go to trial Monday to answer corruption and money laundering charges in connection with a hospital contract for a payment system. Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb, who is also charged […]
Ex-cop goes to jail in wake of failed appeal
(CNS): A former police officer who was convicted 18 months ago of bribery began serving his three-year jail sentence today after his conviction was upheld on appeal. Although convicted of soliciting a bribe from a Filipino man in exchange for not pursuing a possible theft charge, Elvis Kelsey Ebanks has not yet served any time […]
Swiss to extradite Esquivel, Trinidad agrees to give up Warner
(CNS): Jack Warner and Rafael Esquivel are both now facing extradition to the United States in the massive FiFA bribery and corruption investigation after both the Trinidad and Swiss authorities agreed to the American request. Warner (72), who was Jeffrey Webb’s predecessor as CONCACAF president, is accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes in the […]
FIFA suspends Valcke, Swiss agree to extradite Figueredo
(CNS): The right hand man to FIFA’s president has been suspended in the latest scandal to hit the world football body. Jérôme Valcke (54), who has been Sepp Blatter’s secretary general since 2007, is the latest FIFA official to face a formal investigation as a result of corruption allegations. Valcke was put on leave over allegations […]
Cuban woman convicted in $100 bung case
(CNS): Paula Yates-Rivers, a 53-year-old Cuban national married to a Caymanian, has become the first non-government official to be charged and convicted of a crime under the anti-corruption law. Yates-Rivers, who works at The Craft Market, was found guilty by Justice Charles Quin Thursday of fraud on government over an attempted $100 bribe following a […]
More arrests coming in FIFA probe, says Lynch
(CNS): US Attorney General Loretta Lynch has warned that there will be more arrests and charges to come in the massive FIFA $150 million corruption probe but refused to say if the world football boss, Sepp Blatter, is on the list as she indicated prosecutors were following the evidence. Speaking at a joint press conference […]
Webb heads to Georgia for cheaper house arrest
(CNS): A New York judge has granted permission for Cayman’s Jeffrey Webb to move his house arrest to his home in Atlanta, Georgia. The former FIFA vice president and CONCACAF president had applied for a change in his $10 million bail conditions so he could live at his house in Loganville, as he said he […]
Woman faces corruption charge of $100 bung
(CNS): The first person from the private sector to be prosecuted under the anti-corruption law for bribery is not a major contractor, powerful and influential firm or even a political donor but a 54-year-old Cuban woman married to a Caymanian who works at the craft market. Paula Yates-Rivers is accused of offering an administrator in […]
