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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2581 on: July 25, 2015, 09:57:21 AM »
If yuh smelllllllllll....what the papers....is.....cooking. Finally, in front of millions of people around the world and in TnT, the papers has comeback to TnT.

Somewhere I read where so called Fixin TnT wants the law enforcement community to probe Warner's money to the AG. Assinine. Why don't they recommend that the $.7m in his account that was meant for Chaguanas West be probed? Or the millions of dollars that's missing from the ttff, concacaf, the cfu, Haiti, and on and on be probed? :yellowcard:



uuuuummmm Fixin T&T has commented on Jack and all his issues many, many, many times.......how is it asinine for them to call out the AG?  Jack is alleging that he gave Garvin Nicholas money but Nicholas is now presiding over whether or not Jack should be extradited or not.......conflict of interest, no? 

Conflict of interest? Maybe so, but "commenting" and "probing" are two different things. You would agree? If that comment leads to a probe for one person and not for the other person, then what would you call that? "Rather" and "Prefer"? They "rather" run their mouth about Warner, but "prefer" to probe the AG? What's good for the goose has to work for the gander, no?

I want to see this troll in prison uniform here in the US and I hope his case is near me. I will personally take the time to witness it.
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Re: Soca Warriors question Warner; where has the money gone?
« Reply #2582 on: July 29, 2015, 09:31:50 AM »
KPMG Auditing been around for ages, like them is de only auditnig company in T&T?

They seemed like they f00cking lost.



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Re: Soca Warriors question Warner; where has the money gone?
« Reply #2583 on: July 29, 2015, 09:54:17 AM »
KPMG Auditing been around for ages, like them is de only auditnig company in T&T?



seems so, TK like the procrastination, because if PNM wins, he can hide the facts of corruption, if they don't, he may resign or be replaced at the agm..

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Re: Soca Warriors question Warner; where has the money gone?
« Reply #2584 on: July 29, 2015, 09:58:19 AM »
Allyuh giving Lasana thing to write about.

Ole TTFF used KPMG and de new one also.

A conspiracy if you ask me.

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Re: Soca Warriors question Warner; where has the money gone?
« Reply #2585 on: July 29, 2015, 03:35:52 PM »
Allyuh talking about Jack or TK., now ?

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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2586 on: July 31, 2015, 01:52:19 AM »
Jack to pay Anand $.9m.
By Rickie Ramdass (Express).


Blows for Jack

CORRUPTION-accused politician Jack Warner has been ordered to pay former attorney general Anand Ramlogan close to $1 million in damages after a High Court judge yesterday ruled against him in a lawsuit filed by Ramlogan for defamation of character.

Justice Robin Mohammed made the ruling at the Hall of Justice in Port of Spain saying Warner could provide no proof to back up the allegations made during an Independent Liberal Party (ILP) meeting in October 2013.

The lawsuit revolved around allegations that Ramlogan was the owner of more than 51 properties which he could not have acquired based on his salary as Attorney General.

In his 57-page ruling, Justice Mohammed said it was clear to the court Warner made the allegations in the midst of the local government election with the intention of gaining a political advantage over Ramlogan and the Government.

“Such objective of political gain ought not to have been pursued at the costs of lowering the claimant's reputation in the estimation of right-thinking members of the public, discrediting the claimant in his Office of the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and exposing the claimant and his family to ridicule and contempt, particularly in circumstances where the defendant showed no evidence or belief in the truth of the defamatory statements,” said the judge.

Ramlogan was awarded $600,000 in general damages inclusive of aggravated damages, $200,000 in exemplary damages and an additional $94,000 in prescribed costs—a total of $894,000.

Cost is to be assessed by the Registrar of the Supreme Court as it relates to an application made by Warner during the trial to amend his witness statement.

Warner to appeal

However, Ramlogan will not immediately be awarded the money as the court ruled that there is to be a 28-day stay of the execution of the order given that Warner, through his attorneys, signalled his intention to appeal the order.

Following the judgment, Ramlogan told reporters he felt vindicated by the judge's decision.

“Mr Warner had made some very outrageous and malicious accusations against me that I was the owner of over 51 properties and with a hint of corruption. I do not own anything near that and of course I was very outraged by his statements and the fact that he could have gone so far to make it on a political platform in the height of an election campaign,” said Ramlogan.

He said Warner, who was not present during the hearing, has made a trademark of himself in politics by making malicious and scandalous accusations against individuals without any evidence to back up his claims.

“I see he is doing the same thing with the honourable Prime Minister now and when the time comes to produce the evidence to back it up, what he does is cry wolf and run away. His day will come in judgment, not just in my matter, but in many others against who he has made the most scandalous accusations without a shred of evidence and today is just one of many judgments to come against him,” he said.

Ramlogan further added that if Warner does in fact appeal the judge's decision, he (Ramlogan) will cross appeal with the argument that the amount awarded to him should have been greater.

He said if Warner intends to appeal the matter he should also pay the sum ordered by Justice Mohammed into the court “given the limited duration of time he might have left in Trinidad and Tobago.”

Good friends for 20 years

During the trial, Warner testified that from as early as 2010 he had knowledge of Ramlogan being involved in wrongdoing by using his office for personal gain. Despite this, Warner said he never brought the information into the public domain given that both of them were Cabinet colleagues.

In his defence, Warner testified that it was Ramlogan himself who provided him with the information of the properties he owned and that he was simply repeating on the political platform what was said to him by Ramlogan while they were in Government together in 2010 and 2012.

He had further pointed out that he and Ramlogan were “good friends” for the past 20 years and whatever was said by him against Ramlogan during political campaigns in 2013 was strictly politics and was not meant to be an attack on Ramlogan's character or reputation.

Ramlogan denies owning the properties

Ramlogan however, denied being the owner of the properties and testified that even though he and Warner were Cabinet colleagues and would have discussed issues of national importance, he never trusted Warner to confide in him concerning his personal business.

Ramlogan had contended that the statements made by Warner generated harsh comments from members of society, some of which branded him “as corrupt and a thief”.

He said the statements were often a topic of discussion in his family, among professionals and even among distinguished jurists regionally with whom he had to interact in his capacity as Attorney General. He had further expressed his feelings of distress and embarrassment which were caused to him in the midst of the defamatory words which often in conversations called on him to defend his name.

Representing Ramlogan in the lawsuit were attorneys Avory Sinanan, SC, Gerald Ramdeen, Kelvin Ramkissoon and Varun Dabideen, while Keith Scotland, Asha Watkins-Montserin and Jacqueline Chang appeared for Warner.

Calls to Warner's cellphone for comment on the court's ruling yesterday evening were unsuccessful as all calls went unanswered.

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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2587 on: August 02, 2015, 07:56:37 AM »
Hold your hand, Mr AG
By JADA LOUTOO (Newsday).


ATTORNEY General Garvin Nicholas is being asked to recuse himself from issuing the authority for the Chief Magistrate to proceed with extradition proceedings for former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner.

Lawyers for the Independent Liberal Party leader wrote Nicholas two days after he received the formal extradition request from the United States, claiming bias on his part and the People’s Partnership government of which he is a member.

In the letter, dated July 25, and written by Warner’s instructing attorney Nyree Alfonso, Warner threatened High Court action if Nicholas did not hold his hands on the issuance of the authority to proceed and correspond with the Chaguanas West MP’s legal team on the matter.

“It would be unfortunate if a refusal to recuse engenders further delay in this matter by having any adverse decision set aside by the High Court on the basis of the appearance of bias,” Alfonso said in the letter.

“In the interest of transparency we ask that you hold your hands in relation to any decision to issue an authority to proceed until there is an exchange of correspondence and the Office of the AG makes firm decision as to how it intends to proceed,” the letter advised.

On Monday last, Warner hinted at possible legal action being taken as he left the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Court on his third court appearance since he surrendered to police on May 27.

He complained that his matter was being prosecuted in the public domain.

The 60 days for the US to make the formal request, and provide a record of its case against Warner, expired on Sunday last. Four days prior to the expiration of the 60-day period, the necessary documentation and formal request were received by the AG and the Central Authority, which oversees extraditions.

Warner has been indicted in the United States on multiple counts of fraud, racketeering, money laundering and corruption.

The Extradition (Commonwealth and Foreign Terrorities) Act specifically states that the warrant to proceed must be issued by the Attorney General. Legal sources said in the event the Attorney General in an extradition request is conflicted, then the role to issue the authority to proceed can go to the Head of the Central Authority or alternatively another person can be appointed to act as Attorney General.

In the letter, Alfonso supported the call for recusal with references made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and members of her government as well as claims of Nicholas being previously “financed and indebted to Warner,” referring to claims by the ILP leader that he financed the AG’s campaign in the 2010 general election.

Alfonso said the issuance of the authority to proceed — a quasi-judicial process — required fairness. “It is a matter of record that our client is a political opponent of the current government of Trinidad and Tobago and in particular the Prime Minister and various other members of the cabinet. Our client has for this reason been subject of frequent public comment by the Prime Minister, the attorney general and various other members of the cabinet.”

Alfonso also referred to what she described as “ominous” and “troubling political interference” with the extradition process and “a history of hostility demonstrated by members of the government”.

She said the provisional warrant issued for Warner’s arrest was politically disseminated even before he was provided with a copy. She also noted that the document was read out by the Prime Minister at a sitting of the Lower House on May 27, five days before Warner received a copy of the provisional warrant.

Alfonso warned that any interference with the liberty of a citizen without disclosure of the terms and basis for such interference was questionable and unlawful.

“At the provisional warrant arrest stage the Prime Minister plays no part in the extradition process which meant that the supply of the provisional warrant was both gratuitous and unlawful. It appears that the extraordinary step of supplying the Prime Minister with a copy of the provisional warrant was undertaken for the sole purpose of facilitating her disclosure of same to the Parliament.” Alfonso further said the troubling politicisation of the extradition process continued when Nicholas held a press conference when he received the formal extradition request and comments were made by members of the government prior to Warner or his legal team being notified.

She referred to eight newspaper articles published in the three daily newspapers as well as an internet news source to support further claims of hostility against Warner by the Government.

“Among other things, our client has been publicly described by members of the Government as delusional, a joker, disgusting, part of a gruesome twosome with the leader of the Opposition, a neemakharam, a liar, a problem for the whole country, and as hurting the image of the entire country. “In the present case, the hostility is towards a direct and actual political opponent and manifests itself in the crucial time preliminary to a general election scheduled to be held on September 7, 2015.”

Alfonso’s letter also said references were made of public allegations of wrongdoing by Warner in relation to his activities as former FIFA vice president.

‘Some of this conduct will overlap with allegations contained in the request for our clients with the result that there has been a public predetermination of our client’s guilt. We note in this contest that predetermination is a freestanding ground for disqualification on the grounds of bias. Additionally we note that the Minister of Legal Affairs Mr Prakash Ramadhar, also a member of the Cabinet, has publicly called upon our client to surrender suggesting that our client is wasting time by not doing so. This followed earlier statements of Mr Ramadhar in Parliament (Hansard 19 November 2014) in which he suggested that our client was guilty of criminal conduct during his tenure at FIFA.”

Alfonso noted that written objection has already been made as to the impropriety of the AG retaining and relying on advice of attorneys retained on behalf of the Requesting State when domestically, the Central Authority acts as the attorney for the Requesting State further to this country’s treaty obligations.

“In relation to any decision as to whether an ATP should be issued, the Attorney General must independently exercise his discretion.”

Alfonso said for the AG to be advised by those lawyers who are on record for the Requesting State was inconsistent with the independent exercise of his discretion.

“Any such decision which is arrived at by the Attorney General following such advice will be tainted and vitiated bias.”

Judicial review could stall extradition proceedings against Warner, with appeals going to the London-based Privy Council, the country’s highest court. Trinidad and Tobago gained independence from Britain in the 1960s but retained the Privy Council as its final court of appeal.

Warner, currently on bail in connection with a provisional arrest warrant, is wanted in the United States to face a dozen charges including bribery, corruption and wire fraud conspiracy in his role at FIFA.

Warner appeared for a third time before judge Marcia Ayers-Caesar in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ court, with lawyers from both sides requesting more time to examine the 166-page extradition document which the Attorney General’s office received last week from the United States.

The case was adjourned to August 28.

Warner is among nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives charged by the US Department of Justice with running a criminal enterprise that involved more than $150 million in bribes.

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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2588 on: September 03, 2015, 10:02:19 AM »
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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2589 on: September 10, 2015, 11:37:51 PM »
Big come-down for high-flyer Jack Warner
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Salient among the results and the implications of last Monday’s elections has been the effect on the political life and times of Jack Warner.

The voting outcome overturned the ruling order of the People’s Partnership and confirmed the viability of the People’s National Movement (PNM), now clearly on the rebound. But the negligible showing of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP), heroically founded by Mr Warner after his break with the Partnership, effectively rendered his standing that of a has-been.

Former stellar political figure, he once combined roles of surpassing influence and stature. The former major executive and organiser of international, and national, football, is also recalled as a former leading Cabinet minister who, on occasion, even acted as prime minister.

Mr Warner has claimed as his terminal achievement the electoral defeat of former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

Yet he failed to deliver on his threats of bombshell disclosures against her before the elections. The effect must have caused citizens to wonder if he really had the goods, or if the sound and fury served only to distract attention from his own grim situation.

In any case, Mr Warner is unable to point to any electoral gains earned by his ILP, or by himself.

This marks a noted come-down for one accustomed to winning his parliamentary seat by large majorities. He has now signalled a long-awaited withdrawal from this country’s politics.

T&T should not, however, assume that what passed over the last week and more was yet the end of the Jack Warner saga. Attention will duly turn to the legal battles in the T&T court over his extradition to face many and serious criminal charges in the US.

Without the figure of a PM Persad-Bissessar against whom to direct his animus, and his ever more sleaze-dipped allegations, Mr Warner appears now to lack any reason for being a political figure to whom T&T must pay attention. It seems doubtful that the administration of the Rowley PNM, against whom the ILP contested electorally, will feel or show any sympathy for the Warner cause, whatever it now is.

The occasion thus arises for T&T to get over the unending Jack Warner dramas, and let the law, in this country, and in the US, take its course. For now and the forseeable future, T&T can expect to be engaged by concerns more critical than those which, for far too long, have surrounded the name of Jack Warner.

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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2590 on: September 13, 2015, 06:58:17 PM »
Jack Warner made £11m profit on 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup TV rights
By Owen Gibson (The Guardian
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Sepp Blatter is under renewed pressure after it emerged he awarded World Cup television rights for a fraction of their true value to Jack Warner, on which the disgraced former Fifa executive then made an £11m profit.

The publication of a contract bearing the outgoing Fifa president’s signature draws him closer into the web of continuing investigations and further calls into question his links with Warner, who served on the executive committee of world football’s governing body for 28 years.

The latest revelation emerged after Swiss broadcaster SRF uncovered a 2005 contract in which the Warner-controlled Caribbean Football Union were sold the broadcast rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups for $600,000. The Trinidadian, at that time CFU’s president, sub-licensed those rights to his own Cayman Islands-registered company J & D International (JDI), according to the Press Association.

In 2007, JDI sold on the rights to Jamaica-based cable TV station SportsMax for a value that the broadcaster reported on its own website as being between $18m and $20m.

Jaimie Fuller, of campaign group NewFifaNow, estimated that Warner had bought the contracts for only 5% of their true value. “Blatter sits atop an organisation riddled with corrupt deals, not dissimilar to this latest example and this further stresses the need for reform to be taken out of the hands of Fifa and the sports administration families,” he said.

“The current farce, with former IOC secretary general François Carrard chairing a supposed reform commission comprised of confederation appointees, is just another bad joke, another pathetic attempt to pull the wool over every football lover’s eyes.”

It was not the first time Fifa had sold TV rights to Warner, one of nine current of former Fifa officials charged by the US in May and currently fighting extradition from his native Trinidad, for a knockdown price.

In 1998 he was awarded the 2002 World Cup TV rights for Trinidad and Tobago for only one dollar, a practice that had begun under Blatter’s predecessor João Havelange. Warner’s JDI also sold the 2006 World Cup rights to the Caribbean for $4.25m in 2001.

According to court documents in the Cayman Islands, Jeffrey Webb – Warner’s successor as president of the Concacaf confederation – was a director of JDI at the time of the deal. Both Webb and Warner are facing corruption charges in the US. Webb was extradited to the US in the wake of the dramatic raids on Zurich’s Baur au Lac hotel in May and is currently on bail in New York.

Chuck Blazer, the former Fifa executive and Cocacaf general secretary who has admitted to taking a share of a $10m bribe to vote for South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup and agreed to a plea bargain with prosecutors, also remains on bail.

Fifa’s deal with the CFU included an agreement for a 50% share of any profits from sub-contracting the rights but few if any payments from profit share were ever made by Warner.

In July 2011, a month after he resigned from Fifa following bribery allegations, Fifa terminated its contract with the CFU.

There is a long list of allegations linking Warner to making money from TV contracts and tickets on the back of his Fifa contacts and influence. Warner controlled an influential bloc of votes that repeatedly helped deliver Blatter re-election.

After quitting Fifa under a cloud of bribery allegations, Warner himself said in a statement that he bought World Cup TV rights for Trinidad for only one dollar in 1998 via a Mexican company and also acquired them for the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 editions. He said then that he used the revenue from selling on the rights to develop the sport in the Caribbean.

The publication of the contract bearing Blatter’s signature will increase the pressure on the 79-year-old as he prepares to step aside in February next year. On Monday in Zurich, US attorney general Loretta Lynch will give an update on the American investigation that labelled the actions of Fifa officials and TV marketing executives a “World Cup of fraud” over many years.

Lynch will speak alongside the Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber, who is overseeing a parallel investigation into the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively and has identified 103 suspicious transactions involving Swiss banks.

The SRF programme published a contract signed by Blatter showing the TV rights for the 2010 World Cup had been sold for $250,000 and the 2014 tournament for $350,000 to the Warner-controlled CFU. Fifa responded by issuing a statement that read: “On 12 September 2005, Fifa signed a contract with the Caribbean Football Union regarding TV broadcasting rights. Under the terms of this agreement Fifa was to receive a fixed licensing fee as well as a 50% share of any profits related to the subcontracting of these rights.

“The CFU made several breaches to the contract and failed to meet its financial obligations. The obligations concerning the required pre-approval for subcontracting were not met either.

“For these reasons, Fifa terminated its contract with the CFU on 25 July 2011.”
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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2591 on: September 14, 2015, 08:11:57 AM »
Wow!! The noose is tightening Renraw. Wha' yuh go do.
Jackulito boy, start packing yuh toiletries bag with toothbrush & ting.
Have all your medicines to last yuh the first month ...
and wait for a knock on your door with cameras & a li'l small scale papparazzi if you want to go without too much pappyshow.
Tell uncle Tim that since he threw you half way under de bus that his time is coming nex when you start singing to high octaves in de US. Horner, wha yuh think? We value your insights into the situation.
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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2592 on: September 15, 2015, 04:41:38 AM »
Paging Jack Horner, paging Jack Horner......Jack still coming back to save we??  Chups!!!!
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« Reply #2593 on: September 15, 2015, 09:24:06 AM »
Paging Jack Horner, paging Jack Horner......Jack still coming back to save we??  Chups!!!!

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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2594 on: September 16, 2015, 02:11:25 AM »
AG’s deadline on Warner’s US case expires today
By Derek Achong (Guardian).


The deadline for signing off on the extradition case against corruption accused former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner expires this afternoon.

The T&T Guardian understands up to late yesterday Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi, who only took up duties this week after being sworn in last Wednesday, had not signed the authority to proceed in Warner’s case, which is required to kick off the extradition proceedings before Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar.

Al-Rawi did not respond yesterday to calls seeking confirmation on the status of Warner’s case in light of the deadline.

A legal source close to the case said yesterday although Al-Rawi only had a limited period of time to consider the documents, the exercise of his discretion would be guided by comprehensive legal advice on the issue which was obtained from the State’s legal team which includes a pair of British Queen’s Counsel, two Senior Counsel and a handful of other local attorneys.

This newspaper was reliably informed that the Central Authority Unit, the division of the Office of the AG which co-ordinates and facilitates extradition requests, received the advice a little over a week ago with the documents being made available to Al-Rawi when he assumed office.

In the event Al-Rawi fails to sign the document by 4 pm today, his office will have to seek another extension from Ayers-Caesar, who Warner is scheduled to reappear before next Monday.

If their application is eventually refused, Ayers-Caesar will then have to quash the proceedings against Warner and return his passport which was seized when he was granted bail after being detained on a provisional warrant in July. The US will then be forced to restart the process afresh.

However, when contacted yesterday a legal source with extensive experience in extradition cases claimed that any further delay in Warner’s case may potentially open the door for him (Warner) to claim an abuse of process in separate legal proceedings.

Asked yesterday to comment on the delay, Warner in a brief telephone interview said: “I have no comment to make or no interview to give on this matter.”

About Warner’s case

Warner, 72, of Cynthia Drive, Five Rivers, Arouca, is accused of 12 charges related to fraud, racketeering and for engaging in illegal wire transfers. The offences are alleged to have taken place in the United States, T&T and other jurisdictions between 1990 and when Warner quit Fifa in June 2011.

He is one of 14 former executives of world football’s governing body who were indicted on a series of charges after an investigation into corruption in football conducted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice.

Warner surrendered to police in May after a provisional warrant was issued for his arrest when US authorities announced the conclusion of their extensive investigation.

Warner spent one night on remand at the Port-of-Spain State Prison before he was able to access his $2.5 million bail.

It took US authorities almost their entire 60-day deadline to foward their official request to the Office of the Attorney General, which is needed to prepare the authority to proceed. The documents arrived in T&T in late July.

In 2013, Warner resigned from his post of national security minister and UNC chairman after the publication of a report from Concacaf’s Integrity Committee showed financial mismanagement during his long tenure as the regional body’s president. Warner also resigned as Chaguanas West MP but later regained the seat in a by-election.

He then formed the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) but resigned as its leader after it failed to secure any seats in last week’s general election.

About Warner’s case

Warner, 72, of Cynthia Drive, Five Rivers, Arouca, is accused of 12 charges related to fraud, racketeering and for engaging in illegal wire transfers. The offences are alleged to have taken place in the United States, T&T and other jurisdictions between 1990 and when Warner quit Fifa in June 2011.

He is one of 14 former executives of world football’s governing body who were indicted on a series of charges after an investigation into corruption in football conducted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice.

Warner surrendered to police in May after a provisional warrant was issued for his arrest when US authorities announced the conclusion of their extensive investigation.

Warner spent one night on remand at the Port-of-Spain State Prison before he was able to access his $2.5 million bail.

It took US authorities almost their entire 60-day deadline to foward their official request to the Office of the Attorney General, which is needed to prepare the authority to proceed. The documents arrived in T&T in late July.

In 2013, Warner resigned from his post of national security minister and UNC chairman after the publication of a report from Concacaf’s Integrity Committee showed financial mismanagement during his long tenure as the regional body’s president. Warner also resigned as Chaguanas West MP but later regained the seat in a by-election.

He then formed the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) but resigned as its leader after it failed to secure any seats in last week’s general election.

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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2595 on: September 17, 2015, 02:20:37 AM »
AG seeks time to weigh US case.
By Derek Achong (Guardian).


Jack’s lawyers hold key to his future

Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has asked for more time to consider the United State’s extradition case against the corruption-accused former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner.

Hours before the initial deadline expired at 4 pm yesterday, attorney Brent Hallpike, who is seeking the Ministry of the AG’s interest in the matter, wrote to Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers Caesar seeking an extension to the deadline for signing off on the authority to proceed in the matter.

In the letter, which was obtained by the T&T Guardian, Hallpike stated that Al-Rawi, who took up duties this week after being sworn in last Wednesday, needed the additional time to consider a request from Warner’s attorneys which was refused by his predecessor Garvin Nicholas.

Stating that Nicholas may have erred by refusing that request, Hallpike said: “Now while the State is seeking an extension, according to the document, it is also providing an opportunity for Mr Warner’s attorneys to make representations as to whether or not an authority to proceed should be issued.

“The refusal of the former attorney general Garvin Nicholas to grant this facility was one of the reasons Warner’s attorney’s threatened judicial review.”

Although the letter raised possible ramifications of Nicholas’ handling of the situation, it noted that it was within his discretion at the time whether to accept representations from Warner’s lawyers or not.

Hallpike explained that Al-Rawi’s office wrote to Warner’s lawyers this week offering the opportunity to make the representations but the offer was declined and labelled as an “attempt to barter with the liberty of one of its citizens.”

The State’s legal team has challenged the response as they described it as “misconstrued and wrongfully labelled,” he wrote. While he acknowledged the undertaking given to the court when it set the deadline, Hallpike said more consideration needed to be given to ensure that the eventual decision was consistent with extradition legislation and did not offend Warner’s rights.

In the letter, Hallpike asked Ayers-Caesar to extend the deadline to Monday morning, when Warner is scheduled to reappear before her. The approval of the authority to proceed is required to initiate the extradition proceedings before her. The T&T Guardian was unable to confirm if Ayers-Caesar had responded up to late yesterday. 

 If the AG Office’s application is eventually refused, Ayers-Caesar will then have to quash the proceedings against Warner and return his passport, which was seized when he was granted bail after being detained on a provisional warrant in July. The US will then be forced to restart the process.

Contacted on Tuesday to respond to rumours of the extension application, Nicholas, who received the US’ formal request in July and obtained an extension to consider the voluminous material contained in it, had said Al-Rawi would be justified in making the request. “He (Al-Rawi) would have only just gotten sight of the document and he should take the time, even if it means a short extension, to consider it,” Nicholas said.

Precedent set with Ish, Steve

Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi is the second AG to invite representations from accused persons before signing off on a requesting State’s extradition request. In 2010, then attorney general Anand Ramlogan, SC, offered the facility to businessmen Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson.

Both men, who are still wanted in the United States for money laundering and fraud-related  charges over their involvement in the construction of the Piarco International Airport, managed to avoid extradition after a High Court Judge ruled in their favour in a civil lawsuit.

Earlier yesterday, Al-Rawi had told the media he had no intention of commenting publicly on public-interest matters which were before him but assured they were being dealt with expeditiously. He was questioned outside the Hall of Justice, Port-of-Spain, after attending the ceremonial opening of the 2014/2015 law term on whether his office would meet the deadline in the case against  Warner.

“The Office of the AG intends to act as an AG’s office is supposed to act. I do not propose to have public litigation and announcement of matters,” he told reporters. However, he assured Warner and members of the public the matter was being treated with expedience and within the constitutional parameters governing extraditions. 

“Sufficed to say the matter is before the court and is receiving urgent attention. There are no slackers on this job,” Al-Rawi said. His approval is required to kick off Warner’s extradition proceedings, which comes up for hearing before Chief Magistrate Ayers-Caesar in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

Although Al-Rawi had a limited period of time to consider the extradition documents issued by US authorities, his decision is expected to be guided by the comprehensive legal advice prepared by the State’s legal team. The team includes British Queen’s Counsel Allan Newman and James Lewis, local Senior Counsel Israel Khan and Pamela Elder and attorneys Wayne Sturge, Gerald Ramdeen and Alvin Pariagsingh.

This newspaper was reliably informed that the Central Authority Unit, the division of the Office of the AG which co-ordinates and facilitates extradition requests, received the advice a little over a week ago with the documents being made available to Al-Rawi when he assumed office.

Warner’s case

Warner, 72, of Cynthia Drive, Five Rivers, Arouca, is accused of 12 charges related to fraud, racketeering and for engaging in illegal wire transfers. The offences are alleged to have taken place in the United States, T&T and other jurisdictions between 1990 and when Warner quit Fifa in June 2011.

He is one of 14 former executives of world football’s governing body who were indicted on a series of charges after an investigation into corruption in football conducted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice.

Warner surrendered to police in May after a provisional warrant was issued for his arrest when US authorities announced the conclusion of their extensive investigation. Warner spent one night on remand at the Port-of-Spain State Prison before he was able to access his $2.5 million bail.

It took US authorities almost their entire 60-day deadline to foward their official request to the Office of the Attorney General, which is needed to prepare the authority to proceed. The documents arrived in T&T in late July.

In 2013, Warner resigned from his post of national security minister and UNC chairman after the publication of a report from Concacaf’s Integrity Committee showed financial mismanagement during his long tenure as the regional body’s president. Warner also resigned as Chaguanas West MP but later regained the seat in a by-election.

He then formed the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) but resigned as its leader after it failed to secure any seats in the September 7 general election.

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AG misses Warner deadline
By JADA LOUTOO (Newsday)


ATTORNEY General Faris Al- Rawi has missed his deadline to sign the Authority to Proceed (ATP) in the extradition matter against corruption-accused Jack Warner, which could lead to him being freed on Monday. At 4 pm yesterday, sources said the ATP was not signed by the Attorney General who has now written to Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar seeking an extension.

The matter comes up for hearing before her on Monday.

If she refuses to grant the extension, Ayers-Caesar will then have to quash the provisional warrant which has him before her.

The extradition process will then have to re-start with Warner having to be rearrested.

Speaking to the media at the Hall of Justice in Port-of-Spain at the opening of the new Law Term yesterday, Al-Rawi declined to comment on his deadline to sign the ATP, saying his office intended to act as the office should which was not to engage in public litigation or making announcements of matters in which it is involved.

He, however, assured that the Office of the AG will act with expedience and within Constitutional parameters. “We must act very carefully cognisant of the fact that every decision is under review,” he said.

Al-Rawi, who was only sworn in as AG last week, has only had since then to consider the record of case sent by the United States authorities as well as legal advice on the transposition of the charges against Warner.

Newsday understands that attorneys representing Warner wrote the new AG asking that he consider representation on their client’s behalf.

A similar request had been denied by former AG Garvin Nicholas.

The advice was provided to the Central Authority by attorneys representing the State in the extradition matter.

According to the advice given there are no legal barriers preventing the signing of the Authority to Proceed as the charges for which Warner was indicted in the United States were compatible with charges found in local law. Warner is currently on $2.5 million bail after surrendering himself to Fraud Squad officers on May 27 after learning the warrant had been issued for his arrest.

He has been indicted as it relates to four schemes related to the alleged acceptance of bribes for media and marketing rights to the Concacaf Gold Cup tournaments and World Cup qualifier matches played by Caribbean Footbal; alleged acceptance of bribes in relation to FIFA executive committee votes for South Africa to be the host nation for the 2010 World Cup Union teams and allegedly facilitating and abetting the payment of bribes to members of the CFU to influence their votes in the 2011 FIFA election.

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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2596 on: September 19, 2015, 05:23:34 AM »
Faris fires six from Jack’s case.
By Derek Achong (Guardian).


State lawyers to get chance

Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has fired almost the entire legal team hired to represent the State in the extradition case of corruption accused former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner.

The T&T Guardian was reliably informed that Al-Rawi held a meeting at his Cabildo Chambers, St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain, offices yesterday afternoon, where he informed three lawyers from the eight-member team—Jagdeo Singh, Gerald Ramdeen and Brent Hallpike—that their services were no longer required. The other lawyers who were relieved from the case but were not present at the meeting were Allan Newman, QC; Israel Khan, SC; and Wayne Sturge. Though Singh had returned his brief for the case earlier this week he was still invited to the meeting.

British extradition expert James Lewis, QC, and local Senior Counsel Pamela Elder were the two kept on by the AG.

A source told the T&T Guardian that Al-Rawi told the lawyers the decision was taken because the team of private lawyers chosen by his predecessor Garvin Nicholas was too large and their duties could be handled by state attorneys working within his ministry.

Before assuming office after last week's general election, Al-Rawi was critical of Nicholas' selections after it was revealed the team had billed the State for a combined total of over $12 million for preliminary work in the case, which is yet to start before Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar. However, the source revealed the AG's office was yet to pay the invoices the lawyers had submitted.

The T&T Guardian attempted to contact the lawyers involved yesterday but they all refused to make a public statement.

In a brief telephone interview yesterday, Al-Rawi also refused to comment on any matter related to the case.

“I do not propose to conduct state litigation in the media. I must be guided by my constitutional and statutory remit and certainly intend to bring a measure of discipline and coordination to the Office of the AG,” Al-Rawi said.

The lawyers’ last work on this case was on Wednesday, when Hallpike wrote to Ayers-Caesar on Al-Rawi’s behalf seeking an extension of the deadline for him to sign off on the authority to proceed in the case. The authority to proceed is required to kick off the proceedings before Ayers-Caesar.

In asking for the deadline to be extended to next Monday, the next scheduled hearing, Hallpike said Al-Rawi needed additional time to consider the case file sent by United States authorities and to give Warner’s legal team an opportunity to make representations before he signed the document.

Nicholas, who was in charge of the case since Warner was indicted in May, repeatedly denied Warner that opportunity. Hallpike added that Al-Rawi reconsidered Nicholas’ decision because while it was within his discretion, it opened the door to a possible judicial review challenge from Warner.

Hallpike noted that Al-Rawi’s offer was being complicated by Warner’s attorneys, who refused to participate initially as they described the roundabout turn on the issue as an “attempt to barter with the liberty of one of its citizens.”

Ayers-Caesar is expected to pronounce on the request for an extension next week. In the event she refuses it, Warner will be discharged and the US will have to start the process afresh.

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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2597 on: September 22, 2015, 01:59:57 AM »
Faris moves on Jack.
By Jada Loutoo (Newsday).


ATTORNEY General Faris Al-Rawi has signed the Authority to Proceed (ATP) paving the way for the start of extradition proceedings against corruption accused, former Fifa Vice President Jack Warner, who is wanted in the United States. The announcement was made yesterday as Warner returned to the Portof- Spain Magistrates’ Court.

Presiding over the proceedings was deputy Chief Magistrate Mark Wellington in the Eighth Court who held in the absence of Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers Caesar. Al-Rawi missed last Wednesday’s deadline for signing the ATP, and his failure to do so on time was challenged by Warner’s lead counsel Fyard Hosein, SC.

Although Hosein acknowledged that Al -Rawi had written to the Chief Magistrate seeking an extension, he noted there was no authority for one to be given. He insisted that in accordance with the provisions of the Extradition (Commonwealth and Foreign Territories) Act, the provisional warrant issued for Warner’s arrest in May on US charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, should be automatically discharged.

Hosein cited Section 12 (3) of the Extradition Act which provides for a person arrested on a provisional warrant to be discharged if no authority to proceed has been received by the magistrate. “It is important to us for you to make an order of discharge,” Hosein said.

“It is a requirement of the legislation and the importance of the liberty of the subject,” he added.

However, lead counsel for the State James Lewis QC, submitted that to discharge Warner under the provisional warrant would be strictly academic as the court only now had the jurisdiction over the extradition proceedings with the signing of the ATP. He said Warner should have applied for the discharge immediately upon expiration of the deadline last week.

Lewis said Warner was now before the court on fresh charges which differed from those listed on the provisional warrant and the matter had now entered the committal phase with the issuance of the authority to proceed. “It is a simple position,” Lewis said, advising the court that its duty under Section 10 (1) of the Act was to set a timetable for the extradition hearing. He also indicated that the State will not be objecting to Warner continuing on the $2.5 million bail.

But Hosein insisted he wanted all parties to “get it right” and in accordance with the law, as he pressed for the discharge of his client on the provisional warrant, adding also that Warner may require it for future legal proceedings against the extradition. Wellington adjourned the case to Friday when he will make his ruling.

“I am troubled by the difference of opinion between the parties on this point and I need time to consider all that is before me,” Wellington said. The State was also represented yesterday by Pamela Elder SC and included Brent Hallpike and Head of the Central Authority Netram Kowlessar. Six other members of the team were fired last week by Al-Rawi last Friday. Representing Warner were Nyree Alphonso, Sasha Bridgmohan, Rishi Dass and Anil Maharaj.

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Fifa corruption: Jack Warner extradition proceedings approved.
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US extradition proceedings against Jack Warner, a former vice-president of football's world governing body Fifa, are to go ahead after being approved by Trinidad's attorney general.

The US wants to try Mr Warner, 72, a Trinidadian national, on corruption charges. He is accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes.

He and 13 other current or former Fifa officials were indicted in May.

He denies the charges and is currently fighting the extradition attempt.

Last week, Switzerland approved the extradition of ex-Fifa Vice-President Eugenio Figueredo to the US.

Mr Figueredo, from Uruguay, was arrested in May while in Switzerland for a Fifa congress.

So far, only one arrested official - former Fifa Vice-President Jeffrey Webb, from the Cayman Islands - has agreed to be extradited.

After being extradited from Switzerland to the US, Mr Webb pleaded not guilty to accepting bribes worth millions of dollars in connection with the sale of marketing rights.

He was placed under house arrest on $10m (£6.4m) bail by a New York judge.
The king of Caribbean football

As the head of Caribbean and North and Central American football (Concacaf), Mr Warner was one the most powerful men in world football.

His support was seen as essential for any World Cup host bid. However, he has been dogged by allegations of corruption.

The US alleges that Mr Warner has been involved in corrupt practices for more than two decades.

Mr Warner's case has been adjourned until Friday due to a legal dispute over a technicality.

In June 2015, a BBC investigation found evidence of bribes paid to Mr Warner.

Jack Warner: The US charge sheet

Accused of racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering, bribery

From the early 1990s, he allegedly "began to leverage his influence and exploit his official positions for personal gain"

Allegedly accepted a $10m bribe from South African officials in return for voting to award them the 2010 World Cup

Allegedly bribed officials with envelopes each containing $40,000 in cash; when one demurred, he allegedly said: "There are some people here who think they are more pious than thou. If you're pious, open a church, friends. Our business is our business"
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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2598 on: September 22, 2015, 07:02:57 AM »
"Our business, is our business" - Mr. Untouchable.

Rowley wins election. He becomes PM. Jacko says, "Mission Accomplished" and promptly retires to live in luxury, but wait, slow your roll Wacko, it looks like you are going to the US for vacation. Pack a shaving kit, that's all you will be needing. You will be travelling light.
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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2599 on: September 22, 2015, 02:11:11 PM »
Hopefully if Jack gets extradited to the USA then so will Ish and Steve.

That's all I am hoping for as I like to see equality in treatment by our laws for all T&T citizens.
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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2600 on: September 22, 2015, 06:03:45 PM »
Jack Warner challenges AG’s decision to proceed with extradition

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Jack-Warner-challenges-AG-s-decision-to-proceed-with-extradition

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) – Corruption accused Jack Warner was told in court on Monday that Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has signed the documents which allows the extradition case against him to proceed.

However, Warner’s attorneys are challenging the decision, stating that Al-Rawi missed the September 16 date for signing off on the documents, and as a result, Warner should be discharged.


Warner reappeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court on Monday. He was taken before Eight Court Deputy Chief Magistrate Mark Wellington, who heard the arguments.

The State is being represented by Queens Counsel James Lewis, Senior Counsel Pamela Elder, Brent Hallpike, and head of the Central Authority , attorney Netram Kowlessar.

Last Friday, Al-Rawi fired several of the attorneys who were part of the State’s team, including senior counsel Israel Khan, Gerald Ramdeen, Jagdeo Singh, and Wayne Sturge.

Warner is one of 14 people indicted on a series of criminal charges in the United States, including racketeering, fraud, and money laundering, related to their time at FIFA.

The court was told that the Authority to Proceed (ATP) documents had been signed, but Warner’s lead attorney Fyard Hosein said that the deadline date for signing the documents was September 16 and the attorney general had missed the date.

As a result, said Hosein, the Court had the right to discharge Warner.

However, Lewis countered that the documents were now signed, making way for the extradition matter to proceed and there should be no discharge.

Magistrate Wellington asked for time to go through the documents and adjourned the came to Friday.

Also representing Warner are attorneys Nyree Alfonso, Rishi Dass and Anil Maharaj.

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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2601 on: September 25, 2015, 08:51:26 AM »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/sepp-blatter/11891462/Sepp-Blatter-under-criminal-investigation-at-Fifa-live.html

This from Martyn Ziegler, the Chief Sports Reporter of the Press Association, which neatly clarifies the past few updates:

Swiss prosecutors have opened criminal proceedings against FIFA president Sepp Blatter on a day of stunning developments at football's world governing body.

The Swiss attorney general's office issued a statement saying Blatter is suspected of criminal mismanagement or misappropriation over a TV rights deal he signed with former Caribbean football chief Jack Warner in 2005.

He is also suspected of "a disloyal payment" of two millions Swiss francs to UEFA president Michel Platini - who is the favourite to succeed him - in 2011.

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« Reply #2602 on: September 25, 2015, 10:54:38 AM »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/sepp-blatter/11891462/Sepp-Blatter-under-criminal-investigation-at-Fifa-live.html

This from Martyn Ziegler, the Chief Sports Reporter of the Press Association, which neatly clarifies the past few updates:

Swiss prosecutors have opened criminal proceedings against FIFA president Sepp Blatter on a day of stunning developments at football's world governing body.

The Swiss attorney general's office issued a statement saying Blatter is suspected of criminal mismanagement or misappropriation over a TV rights deal he signed with former Caribbean football chief Jack Warner in 2005.

He is also suspected of "a disloyal payment" of two millions Swiss francs to UEFA president Michel Platini - who is the favourite to succeed him - in 2011.

hopefully they have enough for a conviction without jack. would be nice if all dat dirt jack have on sepp is for naught.

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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2603 on: September 25, 2015, 12:30:48 PM »
Sepp Blatter resigns and the Swiss AG presses criminal charges against him. Jack Warner resigns and Kamla's AG does nothing against Warner. Oh, wait, that's right. He doesn't know anything about criminal law.
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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2604 on: September 25, 2015, 01:04:31 PM »

BREAKING NEWS; Jack Warner's extradition hearing set for December. Efforts to throw out the case this morning was overturned.

https://twitter.com/EWilliamstv6/status/647441873678802944

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« Reply #2605 on: September 25, 2015, 08:13:02 PM »


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« Reply #2606 on: September 26, 2015, 05:20:47 AM »
Wellington rejects extradition discharge argument.
By Jensen La Vende (Guardian).


Warner case set for Dec 2

Deputy Chief Magistrate Mark Wellington yesterday ruled in favour of the prosecution in the extradition case against Jack Warner and ordered that his matter begin in December.

In the process, Wellington set a December 2 date for hearing Warner’s extradition to the United States case, despite strenuous objections by Warner’s lead attorney Senior Counsel Fyard Hosein, who unsuccessfully argued that more time was needed in the complex case.

Warner lost the first round in what is likely to be a long battle on the same day Switzerland’s attorney general announced a probe had been started into current Fifa president Sepp Blatter. The case will look at some of the same accusations levelled against Warner in the matter being pursued by the US authorities.

Hosein had argued that the state’s legal team had been “dilly-dallying” on signing the Authority to Proceed and only did so after the deadline had expired. He said the State used as excuses the general election and the need for time to consider the documents even while having an abundance of lawyers on its side.

“We can’t have a situation where they are now saying this matter is an urgent one,” Hosein said, adding that the defence only last Thursday received documents in relation to the matter which list 29 charges for Warner to answer.

Senior Counsel Pamela Elder, the lead local attorney representing the requesting State, said the Authority to Proceed (ATP) was in place and the extradition proceedings should commence as soon as possible in accordance with Section 12:2 of the Extradition Act.

In setting the trial date yesterday, Wellington told Hosein, who on the last occasion had asked that his client be discharged since the State had failed to sign the ATP within the specified timeframe, “I do not think I can accede to the request.”

Warner is charged with 29 counts of several statutory offences, including money laundering under the Proceeds of Crime Act, corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and receiving money under the Larceny Act.

He is also charged with conspiracy to accept corrupt payments, conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to defraud.

The case

Warner, 72, of Cynthia Drive, Five Rivers, Arouca, faces 12 charges related to fraud, racketeering and illegal wire transfers.

The offences are alleged to have taken place in the US, T&T and other jurisdictions between 1990 and June 2011 when Warner quit Fifa. He is currently on $2.5 million bail.

The former political leader of the Independent Liberal Party was arrested on a provisional warrant in May after the US Department of Justice announced the results of their investigation into Warner and 12 of his former colleagues and current Fifa officials.

Warner and nine other defendants are still fighting extradition to the United States. The other three are currently in the US to answer the charges.

While Warner’s matter is before the courts, the Swiss attorney general yesterday made moves against Blatter, searching his offices on suspicion that he misappropriated funds and violated his duties while in charge of Fifa.

Blatter agreed to step down as Fifa head earlier this year, although he retained the presidency, amid a corruption scandal which swirled around the world governing body for football. Fresh presidential elections for Fifa will be held on February 26 next year.

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FIFA boss under criminal probe over Warner TV-deal
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SWISS prosecutors say they are investigating Sepp Blatter, the head of football’s world governing body Fifa , on suspicion of criminal mismanagement.

The attorney general’s office said he was suspected of signing a contract that was “unfavourable to Fifa ” and making a “disloyal payment” to European football chief Michel Platini. Blatter was being questioned, and his office was searched, it added.

The 79-year-old, who has run Fifa since 1998, has always denied any wrongdoing. Fifa , which has been hit by a string of corruption allegations in recent years, said it was co-operating with the investigation.

“Swiss criminal proceedings against the president of Fifa Mr Joseph Blatter, have been opened...on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and alternatively misappropriation,” the Swiss attorney general’s office said in a statement. It said Mr Blatter was suspected of signing a contract with former Caribbean football chief and Fifa vice-president Jack Warner in 2005, that was “unfavourable to Fifa ” and in doing so, “violated his fiduciary duties and acted against the interest of Fifa.”

The contract they mention is thought to refer to a TV rights deal agreed between Fifa and Mr Warner’s organisation Concacaf which, according to an investigation by a Swiss broadcaster earlier this month, allegedly resulted in a multi-million pound profit for Mr Warner’s own company. Fifa owns the TV rights to the World Cup and sells them to regional federations which then sell them on to broadcasters.

Blatter’s lawyer, Richard Cullen, said he was confident the inquiry would clear the world football chief of any wrongdoing.

“We are confident that when the Swiss authorities have a chance to review the documents and the evidence, they will see that the contract was properly prepared and negotiated by the appropriate staff members of Fifa who were routinely responsible for such contracts, and certainly no mismanagement occurred,” he said.

According to the Swiss attorney general, Blatter is also suspected of making a “disloyal payment” of two million Swiss francs ($2m; £1.3m) in 2011 to Mr Michel Platini, the statement said. It said the payment was “at the expense of Fifa , which was allegedly made for work performed between January 1999 and June 2002”.

Blatter is due to step down in February and Platini is widely expected to replace him. Platini, for his part, issued a statement yesterday evening, saying the money he received from Blatter “relates to work which I carried out under a contract with Fifa ” and he had clarified matters with the authorities.

In May, Swiss authorities arrested seven Fifa officials in Zurich at the request of the US.

One, Fifa Vice-President Jeffrey Webb, has already been extradited.

The US then unveiled indictments against seven other people in their corruption case.

Nine of those accused were high-ranking current or former Fifa officials. They include Jack Warner who is currently fighting extradition from Trinidad.

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« Reply #2607 on: September 26, 2015, 08:47:25 PM »

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Ethics Committee bans Jack Warner from all football-related activities for life
« Reply #2608 on: September 29, 2015, 09:41:10 AM »
FIFA’s Independent Ethics Committee bans Jack Warner from all football-related activities for life
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The adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, has decided to ban the former FIFA Vice-President and Executive Committee member as well as CONCACAF President, Mr Jack Warner, from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for life.

The decision was taken on the basis of investigations carried out by the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee following its report on the inquiry into the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup bidding process. The chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, Dr Cornel Borbély, who took over the chairmanship from his predecessor in late December 2014, immediately opened the investigation into Mr Warner’s activities in January 2015.

Mr Warner was found to have committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF. In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, as well as other money-making schemes. He was found guilty of violations of art. 13 (General rules of conduct), art. 15 (Loyalty), art. 18 (Duty of disclosure, cooperation and reporting), art. 19 (Conflicts of interest), art. 20 (Offering and accepting gifts and other benefits) and art. 41 (Obligation of the parties to collaborate) of the FIFA Code of Ethics.

The ban is effective from 25 September 2015, the date on which the present decision was notified.
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Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« Reply #2609 on: September 29, 2015, 09:43:58 AM »

Media Release from Warner - RE: FIFA's ban on Warner
September 29, 2015 at 6:51am

I left the FIFA in April 2011 and if in September 2015 (some 4 years and 5 months after) the FIFA wants to ban me for life without even a hearing then so be it.
I do not believe however that this will serve as the distraction to the FIFA's present problems as the FIFA wishes it to be.
Given what is happening in Zurich with Sepp Blatter I guess that there is no such thing as a coincidence.
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