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16 cycles wrote:194. The defendant JACK WARNER also diverted a portion
of the funds into his personal accounts by laundering the funds
through intermediaries.
For example, during the period from
January 16, 2008 to March 27, 2008, WARNER caused approximately
$1.4 million of the $10 million to be transferred to Individual
#1, a Trinidadian businessman whose identity is known to the
Grand Jury, and Trinidadian Company A, a large supermarket chain
in Trinidad and Tobago controlled by Individual #1.
Weeks later, checks totaling approximately the same amount and drawn
on an account held in the name of Trinidadian Company B, a real
estate and investment company also controlled by Individual #1,
were deposited into a bank account held in the name of WARNER
and a family member at First Citizens Bank in Trinidad and
Tobago. The identities of Trinidadian Company A and Trinidadian
Company B are known to the Grand Jury.
Case 1:15-cr-00252-RJD Document 1 Filed 05/20/15 Page 85 of 164 PageID #: 85
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http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=12 ... ndictment-
4x4 wrote:Jack tell them prisoners last night...not tonight...not tonight....
By BARRY STAVRO
MAY 28, 2015, 6:00 AM
he Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed its 165-page indictment
alleging widespread corruption of top officials in FIFA, soccer's world
governing body. The case offers tantalizing allegations of what amounts to the
current bribery rates for preferential treatment in international soccer.
Here are a few examples:
--In 2004, FIFA's executive committee voted to award the 2010 World Cup to South
Africa. Jack Warner, who was charged in the indictment, was then a member of the FIFA
executive committee and head of CONCACAF.
Before the vote, FIFA also was considering World Cup bids from Morocco and Egypt.
"While in Morocco during the 2004 trip, a representative of the Moroccan bid committee
offered to pay $1 million to WARNER in exchange for his agreement to cast his secret
ballot ... for Morocco to host the 2010 World Cup," the indictment said.
But, according to the indictment, Warner got a better deal: "The South African
government, and the South African bid committee ... were prepared to arrange for the
government of South Africa to pay $10 million" for his vote. "WARNER indicated that he
had accepted the offer...."
Paying off the bribe wasn't easy, according to the indictment: "Co-Conspirator #1 learned
that the South Africans were unable to arrange for the payment to be made directly from
government funds. Arrangements were thereafter made with FIFA officials to instead have
the $10 million sent from FIFA" to a Bank of America account in New York "controlled by
the defendant JACK WARNER, at Republic Bank in Trinidad and Tobago."
--In 2013, Datisa, a new sports media and marketing firm, reached an agreement with the
South American soccer federation (CONMEBOL) to pay $317.5 million for "exclusive
worldwide rights" for the Copa America soccer tournaments in 2015, 2016, 2019 and
2023.
The indictment alleges how the payments were parceled out:
"Datisa agreed to pay $100 million in bribes to CONMEBOL officials -- all of whom were
also FIFA officials -- in exchange for the 2013 Copa America contract: $20 million for
contract signature and $20 million for each of the four editions of the tournament. Each
$20-million payment was to be divided among the bribe recipients as follows: $3 million
to each of the 'top' three CONMEBOL officials (the president of the confederation and the
presidents of the Brazilian and Argentine federations); $1.5 million to each of seven other
CONMEBOL federation presidents; and $500,000 to an 11th CONMEBOL official."
--Brazil won the 1994 World Cup. Soon after, a major U.S. sportswear company began
negotiating a new sponsorship agreement with "a high-ranking" South American soccer
confederation and Brazilian soccer federation official, according to the indictment.
Two years later, a sponsorship deal was struck between the sportswear company (it was
not named in the indictment was but revealed to a grand jury) and Traffic Group, a Sao
Paulo-based sports marketing conglomerate. The sportwear firm agreed to to pay $160
million over 10 years to be the Brazilian soccer federation's "exclusive footwear, apparel,
accessories and equipment supplier."
According to the indictment, the U.S. sportswear company also "agreed to pay a Traffic
affiliate with a Swiss bank account an additional $40 million in base compensation on
top of the $160 million it was obligated to pay" the Brazilian soccer federation. "Between
1996 and 1999, Traffic invoiced Sportswear Company A for $30 million in payments."
Two Traffic executives, Aaron Davidson, a U.S. citizen, and Rafael Esquivel, a Venezuelan,
were among the 14 charged in the indictment.
Al Wari was on his to court, stranger to the truthtrichards80 wrote:Pnm senior member went to visit Jack Warner in prison! Jack Warner has closer ties to pnm than we believe. Open your eyes! He was pnm all along. No wonder the Honorable Kamla Persad-Bissessar get rid of him when she discovered this.
rfari wrote:ZR. U is tricia?
zoom rader wrote:rfari wrote:ZR. U is tricia?
Eh what u on?
Redman wrote:He should check SIS.
pete wrote:Wasn't it jusamco that got the fire truck contract?
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