Report: $5 million in payments made for Qatar vote

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Report: $5 million in payments made in exchange for Qatar 2022 votes

Richard Farley
May 31, 2014, 9:28 PM EDT

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New allegations of corruption have surfaced around the bid that won Qatar the 2022 World Cup, with England’s Sunday Times reporting that former Qatari football official Mohamed Bin Hammam organized $5,000,000 worth of payments to various officials in exchange for their support. The investigation reports the former Asian confederation president, now banned by FIFA, gave money to African officials, former Tahitian executive committee member Reynald Temarii, as well as former CONCACAF president Jack Warner.
Per the BBC’s summary of the report, the Times’ reporting is based on “millions of secret documents – emails, letters and bank transfers – which it alleges are proof” of Bin Hammam’s corruption. With FIFA’s chief investigator into the 2018 and 2022 votes set to meet with Qatari officials on Monday, this latest report could increase the momentum against the controversial hosts.


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Report: $5 million in payments made in exchange for Qatar 2022 votes

Richard Farley
May 31, 2014, 9:28 PM EDT

13 Comments

New allegations of corruption have surfaced around the bid that won Qatar the 2022 World Cup, with England’s Sunday Times reporting that former Qatari football official Mohamed Bin Hammam organized $5,000,000 worth of payments to various officials in exchange for their support. The investigation reports the former Asian confederation president, now banned by FIFA, gave money to African officials, former Tahitian executive committee member Reynald Temarii, as well as former CONCACAF president Jack Warner.
Per the BBC’s summary of the report, the Times’ reporting is based on “millions of secret documents – emails, letters and bank transfers – which it alleges are proof” of Bin Hammam’s corruption. With FIFA’s chief investigator into the 2018 and 2022 votes set to meet with Qatari officials on Monday, this latest report could increase the momentum against the controversial hosts.


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Jack Warner name call again?

[Mosiah]

At the end of the day, what can happen? Will Jack go to prison for any of his alleged offences? Will the WC be taken away from Qatar?

Doubt it. And doubt it!

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Why we only have strength fi Warner, what about other Caribbean officials?

[Peter R]

The reason why is that the gentleman was the conduit to the others who were mere minnows, pawns really, in the whole affair. Our beloved Trini was also the bag man in the final fiasco involving Bin Hamman. Uncle J played Santa Claus handing out bags of goodies to the minions.