FIFA officials indicted in US on corruption charges
09-17-2015
, 05:17 PM
the other Valcke / Warner thing is pretty funny too
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...sure-10m-bribe
blame the dead guy, classic
some other article i read on this had some hilarious quotes from the South Africans, also denying that it was a bribe, but rather after having won the rights to the WC they were just feeling charitable and wanted to make $10m rain on CONCACAF, just to help spread the game and whatnot.
Quote:
The position of Fifa’s powerful secretary general, Jérôme Valcke, is likely to come under intense pressure after new evidence emerged that showed he was aware of a $10m payment from South African officials to Jack Warner described by US investigators as a bribe.
Just an hour after Fifa had released a statement denying that Valcke authorised the transfer of $10m to a Bank of America account linked to Warner, a letter from the South African Football Association was obtained by the Press Association that was addressed to the longstanding Fifa secretary general. It showed he was aware of it and contained detailed instructions for payment.
The letter, seen by the Guardian, was dated 4 March 2008 and contained detailed instructions on how the money should be paid. The SAFA president, Molefi Oliphant, asks for the $10m to be deducted from the $423m due to the organisers of the World Cup by Fifa and instead routed to a “diaspora legacy programme” controlled by Jack Warner, the disgraced former president of Concacaf.
The letter from Oliphant to Valcke reads: “In view of the decision by the South African government that an amount of USD 10million from the organising committee’s future operational budget funding and thereafter advances the amount to the Diaspora Legacy Programme. In addition, SAFA requests that the Diaspora Legacy Programme be administered and implemented directly by the President of Concacaf who shall act as a fiduciary of the Fund.”
A Fifa response read: “The letter is consistent to our statement where we underlined that the Fifa Finance Committee made the final approval.”
According to the US indictment, the money was siphoned off into Warner’s personal accounts and he paid $750,000 of a promised $1m to Blazer.
In the indictment that followed the arrests last Wednesday, it was alleged that the $10m payment from South Africa was routed to the Caribbean in return for World Cup votes.
[FIFA] said the payment was made at the request of the South African government and FA, and authorised by the Argentinian Julio Grondona, the former chairman of Fifa’s finance committee and long-time ally of president Sepp Blatter. Grondona died last year.
Just an hour after Fifa had released a statement denying that Valcke authorised the transfer of $10m to a Bank of America account linked to Warner, a letter from the South African Football Association was obtained by the Press Association that was addressed to the longstanding Fifa secretary general. It showed he was aware of it and contained detailed instructions for payment.
The letter, seen by the Guardian, was dated 4 March 2008 and contained detailed instructions on how the money should be paid. The SAFA president, Molefi Oliphant, asks for the $10m to be deducted from the $423m due to the organisers of the World Cup by Fifa and instead routed to a “diaspora legacy programme” controlled by Jack Warner, the disgraced former president of Concacaf.
The letter from Oliphant to Valcke reads: “In view of the decision by the South African government that an amount of USD 10million from the organising committee’s future operational budget funding and thereafter advances the amount to the Diaspora Legacy Programme. In addition, SAFA requests that the Diaspora Legacy Programme be administered and implemented directly by the President of Concacaf who shall act as a fiduciary of the Fund.”
A Fifa response read: “The letter is consistent to our statement where we underlined that the Fifa Finance Committee made the final approval.”
According to the US indictment, the money was siphoned off into Warner’s personal accounts and he paid $750,000 of a promised $1m to Blazer.
In the indictment that followed the arrests last Wednesday, it was alleged that the $10m payment from South Africa was routed to the Caribbean in return for World Cup votes.
[FIFA] said the payment was made at the request of the South African government and FA, and authorised by the Argentinian Julio Grondona, the former chairman of Fifa’s finance committee and long-time ally of president Sepp Blatter. Grondona died last year.
blame the dead guy, classic
some other article i read on this had some hilarious quotes from the South Africans, also denying that it was a bribe, but rather after having won the rights to the WC they were just feeling charitable and wanted to make $10m rain on CONCACAF, just to help spread the game and whatnot.
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