Documents Reveal Ex-FIFA Executive Warner Pocketed $10Mln

© AFP 2023 / MICHAEL BUHOLZER The FIFA logo is pictured at the FIFA headquarters on June 2, 2015 in Zurich
The FIFA logo is pictured at the FIFA headquarters on June 2, 2015 in Zurich - Sputnik International
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Former senior football executive Jack Warner, who is one of the figures at the center of the biggest corruption scandal in FIFA history, embezzled most of the $10 million sent from world football’s governing body to the accounts he controlled in 2008, the BBC reported Sunday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) The UK broadcaster says it has seen documents suggesting that Warner and his associates used the money, meant for South Africa’s so-called diaspora legacy program in the Caribbean, for cash withdrawals, personal loans and money-laundering schemes.

Warner is alleged to receive the $10-million bribe from South Africa ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup while serving as FIFA vice president and president of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).

Warner also faces charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering, but denies any wrongdoing.

The 72-year-old Trinidad and Tobago politician was one of the seven FIFA officials arrested on US warrants in Zurich, Switzerland last month. Overall, 14 world football figures were indicted on corruption charges by the US Justice Department.

The corruption case prompted long-time FIFA President Joseph Blatter to announce his resignation despite being reelected for a fifth term in office two days after the arrests.

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