Arabian Business Published: July 17, 2011 Mohamed Bin Hammam, the Qatari who ran for the presidency of football’s governing body, refused to cooperate with investigators during a probe into recent bribery allegations, according to a document that has been submitted to FIFA’s ethics committee. The report, compiled by former FBI…
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Bloomberg News Published: June 21, 2011 Jack Warner, the former FIFA vice president who quit yesterday, said he’d “die first” rather than meet with former FBI Director Louis Freeh, who’s investigating allegations of bribery within the soccer body. FIFA said Warner’s resignation meant it ended its inquiry into the Trinidadian…
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Bloomberg News Published: June 10, 2011 A team led by former Federal Bureau of Investigation head Louis Freeh that is looking into allegations of bribery in the presidential election of soccer’s governing body will go to the Bahamas to meet with officials who refused to travel to the U.S. Meanwhile,…
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Financial Times Published: June 6, 2011 Companies caught lying, cheating or bribing are increasingly turning to new a solution to signal they have recovered their moral compass – an integrity tsar. One reason is that hiring a guardian of ethics is an easy way to broadcast to the outside world…
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FIFA has hired former FBI director Louis Freeh’s investigations agency to gather evidence following allegations that Mohamed bin Hammam and Jack Warner offered $40,000 bribes to voters during its presidential campaign. FIFA said Friday that Freeh Group International Europe was "mandated" to help its ethics committee, which will summon the…
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