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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Jun 15, 2015
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• Category : Diaspora News
• Description : The Haitian Times
  June 11, 2015
• Location : Washington, DC, United States
• Website : http://haitiantimes.com/u-s-declines-comment-on-ex-fifa-chief-and-haiti-earthquake-funds-11607/

Overview

• WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United States declined comment on Tuesday over whether it has investigated former FIFA president Jack Warner about the disappearance of money he raised for the Haiti earthquake.
  
  Warner is among nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with running a criminal enterprise that involved more than $150 million in bribes. FIFA is the global body governing football.
  
  The BBC reported late Monday that Warner visited Haiti in 2010 and raised $750,000 from FIFA and the Korean Football Association to help Haiti victims.
  
  U.S. investigators allege that Warner directed the money for his “personal use” into bank accounts that he controlled, according to the BBC, which said it had seen U.S. documents.
  
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