Tag: Michael Garcia

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 05:01 UTC

  Switzerland pulling the noose: evidence of 53 FIFA suspicious banking reports

  

  Swiss authorities say they have evidence of 53 suspicious FIFA-linked banking relations reported by Swiss banks. Under the Anti-Money-Laundering Framework of Switzerland, banks are required to report any suspicious activity that happens within their accounts. Some of the 53 suspicious reports are among 104 banking relations already known by the investigators.

• Saturday, November 8th 2014 - 10:18 UTC

  Former US soccer leader Blazer spied on FIFA as an FBI informant

  

  Chuck Blazer, once the most powerful man in US soccer, was an FBI informant used to spy on Fifa, the New York Daily News reports. Blazer, who is now suffering from cancer, secretly recorded conversations with officials he arranged to meet at his London hotel during the 2012 Olympics, the report said.

• Saturday, October 18th 2014 - 11:01 UTC

  FIFA will not make public full report on alleged corruption in 2018/22 World Cup bidding

  

  FIFA’s ethics judge says full publication of Michael Garcia’s report on alleged corruption in the 2018/2022 World Cup bidding race is not legally possible and would breach confidentiality agreements with interviewees.

• Sunday, September 28th 2014 - 10:10 UTC

  Blatter says 'corruption report' will not be made public arguing 'confidentiality'

  

  Sepp Blatter says a report into allegations of corruption in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests will not be made public. During a press conference wrapping up a two-day executive meeting, the FIFA president said that the report by the federation’s chief investigator Michael Garcia will not be published.

• Monday, June 16th 2014 - 06:09 UTC

  Beckenbauer ready to answer questions from FIFA, in writing in German

  

  The former German soccer star Franz Beckenbauer said on Sunday he was ready to answer questions from FIFA about an investigation into World Cup bidding by June 27 and believed that should remove any justification for its 90-day ban on him.

• Friday, October 11th 2013 - 13:03 UTC

  FIFA investigator meets English officials on frustrated 2018 World Cup bid

  

  Senior officials from the England team which bid to host the 2018 World Cup are meeting a lawyer appointed by FIFA to investigate allegations of wrong-doping surrounding the voting process.