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Former FIFA VP accused of pilfering Haiti funds

Xinhua, June 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

The corruption scandal swirling around world soccer body FIFA has reached Haiti, following allegations post-earthquake reconstruction funds were embezzled by a football official, as it was reported Tuesday.

Haitian daily Alter Presse said former FIFA vice president Jack Warner is under investigation in the United States for embezzling funds earmarked for the victims of Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake.

"The Trinidadian Jack Warner, the ex-vice president of the International Federation of Associated Football (1997-2011) and ex-president of the CONCACAF (1990-2011) embezzled 750,000 U.S. dollars in donations for victims of the Jan. 12, 2010 quake," said Alter Presse, citing a BBC report.

Contacted by the daily, the secretary general of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF), Carlo Marcelin, declined to comment on the revelation, "alleging he was not aware" of the latest report on the ongoing FIFA scandal.

Warner was arrested in Trinidad and Tobago on charges of bribery and corruption in relation to FIFA-organized World Cup games, and released on bail.

Millions of dollars poured into Haiti after the quake hit, killing more than 200,000 people and leaving many more homeless.

The American Red Cross this week had to answer to allegations of mismanaging nearly half a billion dollars in donations for the rebuilding effort, after an investigative report claimed it had so far built only six homes. Endi