Jeffrey Webb

Jeffrey Webb (* 24. September 1964 ) is a football functionary of the Cayman Islands .

Webb has been President of the Cayman Islands National Association, Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA), since 1991 . On May 23, 2012 he was elected President of CONCACAF . Two days later he became a member of the FIFA Executive Committee . Webb originally worked for the financial services company Fidelity Investments , which has a branch in the Cayman Islands offshore financial center .

On May 27, 2015, Webb and eight other FIFA officials were arrested by the Swiss Federal Office of Justice on suspicion of corruption at the Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich . According to information from the US authorities and their indictment «United States v. Jeffrey Webb et al. "Webb received over $ 3 million in bribes for awarding tournament rights . According to Spiegel Online , Webb was considered a close confidante of Sepp Blatter and possible successor to Blatters. Webb was shipped to the US from Switzerland on July 16, 2015 . The US accuses Webb of fraud , money laundering and conspiracy . At an initial hearing in a New York court , Webb pleaded "not guilty". For a deposit of 10 million US dollars Webb was released from prison, but he is under house arrest and had to give up his three passports.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Webb new CONCACAF President. (No longer available online.) Handelsblatt, May 23, 2012, archived from the original on May 25, 2012 ; Retrieved December 10, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ WEBB Jeffrey. FIFA, accessed December 10, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Fifa bang in Zurich! These topshots are charged. Blick.ch, May 27, 2015, accessed on May 27, 2015 . 
4. ^ Nine FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption. The United States Department of Justice, May 27, 2015, accessed May 27, 2015 . 
5. ^ Fifa officials arrested in Switzerland over corruption claims. ITV, May 27, 2015, accessed May 27, 2015 . 
6. ↑ This is how the FIFA officials proceeded. The seven arrested Fifa officials were meticulous and unscrupulous. This is shown in the 164-page indictment «United States v. Jeffrey Webb et al. ». An insight. blick.ch from May 28, 2015
7. ^ Scandal in Fifa. The details of the NZZ indictment of May 28, 2015
8. ^ Fifa Vice President Webb: The rude awakening of the Blatter Crown Prince. spiegel.de, May 27, 2015
9. ^ Former Fifa vice-president Jeffrey Webb extradited to US on bribery charges in: The Guardian , July 17, 2015, accessed July 17, 2015
10. ↑ Ex-Fifa Vice President Webb free on bail ( memento from July 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on: Tagesschau.de, July 19, 2015, accessed on July 19, 2015