MIAMI, (Reuters) – A member of the financial watchdog committee at soccer’s ruling body FIFA has been charged with fraud, money-laundering and breach of trust by police in the Cayman Islands.
Canover Watson, a vice-president of the Caribbean Football Union and member of FIFA’s Audit and Compliance Committee, was charged with five offences by the Cayman Islands Anti-Corruption Commission.
The cases relate to Watson’s time as the head of Cayman’s Health Service Authority and follow a police investigation into the introduction of a swipe card system. There is no suggestion of football-related crimes.
“The Anti-Corruption Commission can confirm the 43-year-old Caymanian businessman…who was originally arrested on 28 August 2014 by officers from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Anti-Corruption Unit…has been charged today,” the Anti-Corruption Commission said in a statement on Thursday.
