Former FIFA vice-president, Jack Warner, already at the heart of a number of corruption charges, faces further allegations of wrongdoing, including a claim that he moved funds intended for victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake into his bank accounts.
Papers drawn up by U.S. authorities say Warner is accused of diverting $750,000 in emergency funds donated by FIFA and the Korean Football Association.
U.S. investigators alleged the money went to accounts controlled by Warner, at “Warner’s direction” for his “personal use.”
Warner was one of those arrested last month as part of the FBI investigation into bribery and corruption, and faces extradition.
In 2012, the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) claimed that funds donated for Haiti ($250,000 from FIFA and $500,000 from South Korea) was diverted into an account controlled by Warner.
At the time, Warner proclaimed his innocence: “I have nothing to answer to anybody. Who wants to make allegations, make allegations.”
