Tag: FIFA
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 […]
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 […]
US & Swiss agencies set to reveal more on FIFA probes
(CNS): The Swiss authorities have confirmed that they will be holding a joint press conference in Zürich later this month with the US Department of Justice to speak about their respective investigations into the FIFA corruption scandal. US Attorney General Loretta Lynch and her Swiss counterpart, Michael Lauber, will talk to the press on 14 […]
Webb can’t afford NY house arrest
(CNS): The cost of financing his own house arrest in New York is driving Jeffrey Webb, the former CONCACAF president and FIFA Vice President broke, according to claims filed in the courts. Caught up in the massive FIFA corruption and bribery scandal, the Caymanian football boss was released by the US authorities on a $10 million […]
CIFA digs in over rejection of challengers
(CNS): The local football body is standing by its decision to reject the nominations of two possible challengers to the entrenched executive committee at the annual general meeting and elections this weekend. Despite significant concerns about CIFA against the backdrop of the current FIFA scandals and investigations around the world, including the catalogue of charges […]
Webb appears in Brooklyn court as FIFA case rolls on
(CNS): The former CONCACAF President, Caymanian Jeffrey Webb, appeared in court in New York on Friday and his case was adjourned until 9 October. Prosecutor Evan Norris told the judge that US officials had begun turning over evidence to Webb’s attorneys and that the case was proceeding. According to local press reports, Webb, who was […]
Webb secures bail with luxury goods
(CNS): Jeffrey Webb has secured his US$10 million bail bond with 11 luxury watches, his wife’s jewellery, including her wedding ring, three high-end cars and 10 properties, according to US press reports. The details have been revealed in an order filed in a Brooklyn court on Monday setting out Webb’s bail terms. The former FIFA […]
Webb denies charges, bailed on $10M bond
(CNS): Former CIFA President Jeffrey Webb has denied allegations of corruption and bribery in the massive FIFA racketeering investigation and has been bailed but placed under house arrest on a $10 million bond according to news reports. Despite speculation that Webb was in talks with the US authorities regarding a plea deal, the fifty-year-old Caymanian from […]
US prosecutor confirms Webb’s arrival but no court date set
(CNS): A Brooklyn court heard Friday that Cayman’s former football boss, Jeffrey Webb (50), had arrived in the United States to face criminal charges in the massive FIFA corruption scandal. But In the first official confirmation that the extradited FIFA official is Webb, the US prosecutor overseeing the case, Evan Norris, said he did not […]
Webb crosses Atlantic under guard
(CNS): The former FIFA vice president, CONCACAF and local football president, Jeffrey Webb, is understood to have arrived in New York after he was handed over to the United States authorities Wednesday. The Swiss authorities have confirmed that one of the seven officials arrested in Switzerland on behalf of US authorities in relation to a […]
