{"id":8898,"date":"2015-05-27T08:21:43","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T12:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=8898"},"modified":"2015-05-28T18:09:12","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T22:09:12","slug":"warner-among-nine-fifa-officials-indicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=8898","title":{"rendered":"Warner on $2.5M bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: MAY 28, 2015 <BIG><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/20150528\/news\/update-jack-leaves-prison-in-an-ambulance\">Jack leaves prison in an ambulance<\/A><\/BIG><br \/>\nJACK Warner, who woke on Wednesday as a free man, but went to sleep accused and imprisoned, was able to make bail this afternoon, and leave the Frederick Street prison in Port of Spain. He left in a prison ambulance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Police have an arrest warrant for Jack<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>US makes extradition request for Warner<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Darian and Darryl Warner plead guilty<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p><BIG><B>$2.5 Million Bail but Warner Remains in Custody<\/B><\/BIG><\/p>\n<p><I>By Rickie Ramdass<br \/>\nMay 27, 2015 &#8211; <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/20150527\/news\/25-million-bail-but-warner-remains-in-custody\">trinidadexpress.com<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?tag=jack-warner\"><img src='http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blogimg\/jwarner.jpg' width='150' height='100' border='0' class='alignleft' alt='Jack Warner' \/><\/a>JACK Warner was this afternoon granted $2.5 million bail but has failed to secure his release. In addiiton, his attorney were unable to secure an emergency sitting of a judge in the High Court, to consider his bail application. Warner is now at an unknown location. It is uncertain whether he will spend the night at the Maximum Security Prison, Arouca, or at a police station.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWarner appeared before Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar in the Port of Spain Magistrates&#8217; Court, charged with 12 offences related to racketeering, corruption and money laundering allegedly committed in the jurisdiction of the United States.<br \/>\n<I><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/20150527\/news\/25-million-bail-but-warner-remains-in-custody\">Full Article : trinidadexpress.com<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p><big><b>Update: WARNER IN COURT<\/b><\/big><\/p>\n<p><I>By Richard Charan<br \/>\nMay 27, 2015 &#8211; <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/20150527\/news\/jack-in-custody-surrenders-to-fraud-squad\">trinidadexpress.com<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n<p>Jack Warner was this afternoon brought before Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar. He arrived at the Port of Spain Magistrates&#8217; Court at around 3.40p.m. An hour before, Warner surrendered to police officers at the Fraud Squad, Police Headquarters, Port of Spain. He came following news that police had obtained a warrant for his arrest. <\/p>\n<p>For the past year, the Central Authority Unit of the Ministry of the Attorney General has been working with the United States Department of Justice, regarding the criminal indictment against Jack Warner. This according to AG Garvin Nicholas, who said that police now have an arrest warrant for Warner.<br \/>\n<I><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/20150527\/news\/jack-in-custody-surrenders-to-fraud-squad\">Full Article : trinidadexpress.com<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p><big><b>Police have an arrest warrant for Jack<\/b><\/big><\/p>\n<p><I>By Richard Charan<br \/>\nMay 27, 2015 &#8211; <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/20150527\/news\/police-have-an-arrest-warrant-for-jack\">trinidadexpress.com<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by the Office of the Attorney General this afternoon, it was confirmed that the US formally requested the assistance of the Central Authority for the issuing of a Provisional Arrest Warrant for Warner, pending the commencement of extradition proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>FOR the past year, the Central Authority Unit of the Ministry of the Attorney General has been working with the United States Department of Justice, regarding the criminal indictment against Jack Warner. This according to AG Garvin Nicholas, who said that police now have an arrest warrant for Warner.<br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/20150527\/news\/police-have-an-arrest-warrant-for-jack\">Full Article : trinidadexpress.com<\/A><\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p><BIG><B>US makes extradition request for Warner<\/B><\/BIG><\/p>\n<p><I>By Susan Mohammed<br \/>\nMay 27, 2015 &#8211; <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/20150527\/news\/us-makes-extradition-request-for-warner\">trinidadexpress.com<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n<p>ATTORNEY GENERAL Garvin Nicholas has confirmed that he met this morning with United States authorities who are [in] Trinidad to extradite Jack Warner back to the US, to face charges of racketeering, money laundering and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas said he did not have time to peruse the documents which he described as &#8220;bulky&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed that US officials met with the Central Authority this morning to make an official request to have Warner extradited.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The normal process for extradition would be that an application is made through the Central Authority and it is processed in that way. I can tell you that an application has been made and therefore the normal process has been triggered and it is taking its course&#8221;, said the attorney general. Nicholas explained that the length of time that an extradition takes place is determined by many factors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since I have been AG, for example, were have dealt with four extraditions and they have been relatively simple to deal with. Because many of the accused actually pleased guilty to the offences, or should I say they acquiesced to the request. And putting the paper work in place was not terribly difficult. And we have done that for accused both going to the United States of America and to the United Kingdom&#8221;, said Nicholas.<\/p>\n<p>He said he will consult with the Central Authority on how to proceed with the extradition. He assured that the application to have Warner extradited will be treated just like every other request.<br \/>\n<I><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/20150527\/news\/us-makes-extradition-request-for-warner\">Full Article : trinidadexpress.com<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p><BIG><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3098633\/Swiss-police-arrest-ten-FIFA-officials-allegations-corruption-involving-World-Cup-bids-broadcast-deals-gather-Zurich-elect-new-president.html\">&#8216;This really is a World Cup of fraud and today we are issuing FIFA a red card&#8217;: US investigators reveal &#8216;widespread corruption and hidden accounts with tens of millions held by football body&#8217;s officials&#8217;<\/A><\/BIG><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Officials reveal allegations of &#8216;rampant&#8217; corruption dating back decades<\/li>\n<li>Found &#8216;millions of dollars in untaxed incomes and in offshore accounts&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Prosecutor: &#8216;They corrupted soccer to enrich themselves year after year&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Seven FIFA officials arrested at five-star hotel in Zurich in dawn raids<\/li>\n<li>Face accusations of bribery totalling more than \u00a3100m over past 25 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p><big><strong>Nine FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption<\/strong><\/big><\/p>\n<p><I>By <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/nine-fifa-officials-and-five-corporate-executives-indicted-racketeering-conspiracy-and\">US Department of Justice<\/A><br \/>\nWednesday, May 27, 2015<\/I><\/p>\n<p><em>The Defendants Include Two Current FIFA Vice Presidents and the Current and Former Presidents of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF); Seven Defendants Arrested Overseas; Guilty Pleas for Four Individual Defendants and Two Corporate Defendants Also Unsealed<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 A 47-count indictment was unsealed early this morning in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging 14 defendants with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, among other offenses, in connection with the defendants&#8217; participation in a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through the corruption of international soccer. The guilty pleas of four individual defendants and two corporate defendants were also unsealed today.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants charged in the indictment include high-ranking officials of the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the organization responsible for the regulation and promotion of soccer worldwide, as well as leading officials of other soccer governing bodies that operate under the FIFA umbrella. Jeffrey Webb and Jack Warner \u2013 the current and former presidents of CONCACAF, the continental confederation under FIFA headquartered in the United States \u2013 are among the soccer officials charged with racketeering and bribery offenses. The defendants also include U.S. and South American sports marketing executives who are alleged to have systematically paid and agreed to pay well over $150 million in bribes and kickbacks to obtain lucrative media and marketing rights to international soccer tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>The charges were announced by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, Acting U.S. Attorney Kelly T. Currie of the Eastern District of New York, Director James B. Comey of the FBI, Assistant Director in Charge Diego W. Rodriguez of the FBI&#8217;s New York Field Office, Chief Richard Weber of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and Special Agent in Charge Erick Martinez of the IRS-CI&#8217;s Los Angeles Field Office.<\/p>\n<p>Also earlier this morning, Swiss authorities in Zurich arrested seven of the defendants charged in the indictment, the defendants Jeffrey Webb, Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Eugenio Figueredo, Rafael Esquivel, and Jos\u00e9 Maria Marin, at the request of the United States. Also this morning, a search warrant is being executed at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The guilty pleas of the four individual and two corporate defendants that were also unsealed today include the guilty pleas of Charles Blazer, the long-serving former general secretary of CONCACAF and former U.S. representative on the FIFA executive committee; Jos\u00e9 Hawilla, the owner and founder of the Traffic Group, a multinational sports marketing conglomerate headquartered in Brazil; and two of Hawilla&#8217;s companies, Traffic Sports International Inc. and Traffic Sports USA Inc., which is based in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe indictment alleges corruption that is rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted both abroad and here in the United States,\u201d said Attorney General Lynch. \u201cIt spans at least two generations of soccer officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks. And it has profoundly harmed a multitude of victims, from the youth leagues and developing countries that should benefit from the revenue generated by the commercial rights these organizations hold, to the fans at home and throughout the world whose support for the game makes those rights valuable. Today&#8217;s action makes clear that this Department of Justice intends to end any such corrupt practices, to root out misconduct, and to bring wrongdoers to justice \u2013 and we look forward to continuing to work with other countries in this effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Lynch extended her grateful appreciation to the authorities of the government of Switzerland, as well as several other international partners, for their outstanding assistance in this investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday&#8217;s announcement should send a message that enough is enough,\u201d said Acting U.S. Attorney Currie. \u201cAfter decades of what the indictment alleges to be brazen corruption, organized international soccer needs a new start \u2013 a new chance for its governing institutions to provide honest oversight and support of a sport that is beloved across the world, increasingly so here in the United States. Let me be clear: this indictment is not the final chapter in our investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Acting U.S. Attorney Currie extended his thanks to the agents, analysts and other investigative personnel with the FBI New York Eurasian Joint Organized Crime Squad and the IRS-CI Los Angeles Field Office, as well as their colleagues abroad, for their tremendous effort in this case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs charged in the indictment, the defendants fostered a culture of corruption and greed that created an uneven playing field for the biggest sport in the world,\u201d said Director Comey. \u201cUndisclosed and illegal payments, kickbacks, and bribes became a way of doing business at FIFA. I want to commend the investigators and prosecutors around the world who have pursued this case so diligently, for so many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen leaders in an organization resort to cheating the very members that they are supposed to represent, they must be held accountable,\u201d said Chief Weber. \u201cCorruption, tax evasion and money laundering are certainly not the cornerstones of any successful business. Whether you call it soccer or football, the fans, players and sponsors around the world who love this game should not have to worry about officials corrupting their sport. This case isn&#8217;t about soccer, it is about fairness and following the law. IRS-CI will continue to investigate financial crimes and follow the money wherever it may lead around the world, leveling the playing field for those who obey the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The charges in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Enterprise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FIFA is composed of 209 member associations, each representing organized soccer in a particular nation or territory, including the United States and four of its overseas territories. FIFA also recognizes six continental confederations that assist it in governing soccer in different regions of the world. The U.S. Soccer Federation is one of 41 member associations of the confederation known as CONCACAF, which has been headquartered in the United States throughout the period charged in the indictment. The South American confederation, called CONMEBOL, is also a focus of the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>As alleged in the indictment, FIFA and its six continental confederations, together with affiliated regional federations, national member associations and sports marketing companies, constitute an enterprise of legal entities associated in fact for purposes of the federal racketeering laws. The principal \u2013 and entirely legitimate \u2013 purpose of the enterprise is to regulate and promote the sport of soccer worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>As alleged in the indictment, one key way the enterprise derives revenue is to commercialize the media and marketing rights associated with soccer events and tournaments. The organizing entity that owns those rights \u2013 as FIFA and CONCACAF do with respect to the World Cup and Gold Cup, their respective flagship tournaments \u2013 sells them to sports marketing companies, often through multi-year contracts covering multiple editions of the tournaments. The sports marketing companies, in turn, sell the rights downstream to TV and radio broadcast networks, major corporate sponsors and other sub-licensees who want to broadcast the matches or promote their brands. The revenue generated from these contracts is substantial: according to FIFA, 70% of its $5.7 billion in total revenues between 2011 and 2014 was attributable to the sale of TV and marketing rights to the 2014 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Racketeering Conspiracy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The indictment alleges that, between 1991 and the present, the defendants and their co-conspirators corrupted the enterprise by engaging in various criminal activities, including fraud, bribery and money laundering. Two generations of soccer officials abused their positions of trust for personal gain, frequently through an alliance with unscrupulous sports marketing executives who shut out competitors and kept highly lucrative contracts for themselves through the systematic payment of bribes and kickbacks. All told, the soccer officials are charged with conspiring to solicit and receive well over $150 million in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for their official support of the sports marketing executives who agreed to make the unlawful payments.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the schemes alleged in the indictment relate to the solicitation and receipt of bribes and kickbacks by soccer officials from sports marketing executives in connection with the commercialization of the media and marketing rights associated with various soccer matches and tournaments, including FIFA World Cup qualifiers in the CONCACAF region, the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the CONCACAF Champions League, the jointly organized CONMEBOL\/CONCACAF Copa Am\u00e9rica Centenario, the CONMEBOL Copa Am\u00e9rica, the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores and the Copa do Brasil, which is organized by the Brazilian national soccer federation (CBF). Other alleged schemes relate to the payment and receipt of bribes and kickbacks in connection with the sponsorship of CBF by a major U.S. sportswear company, the selection of the host country for the 2010 World Cup and the 2011 FIFA presidential election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Indicted Defendants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As set forth in the indictment, the defendants and their co-conspirators fall generally into three categories: soccer officials acting in a fiduciary capacity within FIFA and one or more of its constituent organizations; sports media and marketing company executives; and businessmen, bankers and other trusted intermediaries who laundered illicit payments.<\/p>\n<p>Nine of the defendants were FIFA officials by operation of the FIFA statutes, as well as officials of one or more other bodies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><u>Jeffrey Webb<\/u>: Current FIFA vice president and executive committee member, CONCACAF president, Caribbean Football Union (CFU) executive committee member and Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) president.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><u>Eduardo Li<\/u>: Current FIFA executive committee member-elect, CONCACAF executive committee member and Costa Rican soccer federation (FEDEFUT) president.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><u>Julio Rocha<\/u>: Current FIFA development officer.&nbsp; Former Central American Football Union (UNCAF) president and Nicaraguan soccer federation (FENIFUT) president.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><u>Costas Takkas<\/u>: Current attach\u00e9 to the CONCACAF president.&nbsp; Former CIFA general secretary.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><u>Jack Warner<\/u>: Former FIFA vice president and executive committee member, CONCACAF president, CFU president and Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) special adviser.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><u>Eugenio Figueredo<\/u>: Current FIFA vice president and executive committee member.&nbsp; Former CONMEBOL president and Uruguayan soccer federation (AUF) president.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><u>Rafael Esquivel<\/u>: Current CONMEBOL executive committee member and Venezuelan soccer federation (FVF) president.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><u>Jos\u00e9 Maria Marin<\/u>: Current member of the FIFA organizing committee for the Olympic football tournaments.&nbsp; Former CBF president.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><u>Nicol\u00e1s Leoz<\/u>: Former FIFA executive committee member and CONMEBOL president.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Four of the defendants were sports marketing executives:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><u>Alejandro Burzaco<\/u>: Controlling principal of Torneos y Competencias S.A., a sports marketing business based in Argentina, and its affiliates.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><u>Aaron Davidson<\/u>: President of Traffic Sports USA Inc. (Traffic USA).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><u>Hugo and Mariano Jinkis<\/u>: Controlling principals of Full Play Group S.A., a sports marketing business based in Argentina, and its affiliates.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And one of the defendants was in the broadcasting business but allegedly served as an intermediary to facilitate illicit payments between sports marketing executives and soccer officials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><u>Jos\u00e9 Margulies<\/u>:&nbsp; Controlling principal of Valente Corp. and Somerton Ltd.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>The Convicted Individuals and Corporations<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following individuals and corporations previously pleaded guilty under seal:<\/p>\n<p>On July 15, 2013, the defendant Daryll Warner, son of defendant Jack Warner and a former FIFA development officer, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a two-count information charging him with wire fraud and the structuring of financial transactions.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 25, 2013, the defendant Daryan Warner waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a three-count information charging him with wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and the structuring of financial transactions. Daryan Warner forfeited over $1.1 million around the time of his plea and has agreed to pay a second forfeiture money judgment at the time of sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 25, 2013, the defendant Charles Blazer, the former CONCACAF general secretary and a former FIFA executive committee member, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a 10-count information charging him with racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, income tax evasion and failure to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). Blazer forfeited over $1.9 million at the time of his plea and has agreed to pay a second amount to be determined at the time of sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>On Dec. 12, 2014, the defendant Jos\u00e9 Hawilla, the owner and founder of the Traffic Group, the Brazilian sports marketing conglomerate, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a four-count information charging him with racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Hawilla also agreed to forfeit over $151 million, $25 million of which was paid at the time of his plea.<\/p>\n<p>On May 14, 2015, the defendants Traffic Sports USA Inc. and Traffic Sports International Inc. pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>All money forfeited by the defendants is being held in reserve to ensure its availability to satisfy any order of restitution entered at sentencing for the benefit of any individuals or entities that qualify as victims of the defendants&#8217; crimes under federal law.<\/p>\n<p>* * * *<\/p>\n<p>The indictment unsealed today has been assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Raymond J. Dearie of the Eastern District of New York.<\/p>\n<p>The indicted and convicted individual defendants face maximum terms of incarceration of 20 years for the RICO conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, money laundering and obstruction of justice charges. In addition, Eugenio Figueredo faces a maximum term of incarceration of 10 years for a charge of naturalization fraud and could have his U.S. citizenship revoked. He also faces a maximum term of incarceration of five years for each tax charge. Charles Blazer faces a maximum term of incarceration of 10 years for the FBAR charge and five years for the tax evasion charges; and Daryan and Daryll Warner face maximum terms of incarceration of 10 years for structuring financial transactions to evade currency reporting requirements. Each individual defendant also faces mandatory restitution, forfeiture and a fine. By the terms of their plea agreements, the corporate defendants face fines of $500,000 and one year of probation.<\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Evan M. Norris, Amanda Hector, Darren A. LaVerne, Samuel P. Nitze, Keith D. Edelman and Brian D. Morris of the Eastern District of New York, with assistance provided by the Justice Department&#8217;s Office of International Affairs and Organized Crime and Gang Section.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Indicted Defendants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ALEJANDRO BURZACO<br \/>\nAge: 50<br \/>\nNationality: Argentina<\/p>\n<p>AARON DAVIDSON<br \/>\nAge: 44<br \/>\nNationality: USA<\/p>\n<p>RAFAEL ESQUIVEL<br \/>\nAge: 68<br \/>\nNationality: Venezuela<\/p>\n<p>EUGENIO FIGUEREDO<br \/>\nAge: 83<br \/>\nNationality: USA, Uruguay<\/p>\n<p>HUGO JINKIS<br \/>\nAge: 70<br \/>\nNationality: Argentina<\/p>\n<p>MARIANO JINKIS<br \/>\nAge: 40<br \/>\nNationality: Argentina<\/p>\n<p>NICOL\u00c1S LEOZ<br \/>\nAge: 86<br \/>\nNationality: Paraguay<\/p>\n<p>EDUARDO LI<br \/>\nAge: 56<br \/>\nNationality: Costa Rica<\/p>\n<p>JOS\u00c9 MARGULIES, also known as Jos\u00e9 Lazaro<br \/>\nAge: 75<br \/>\nNationality: Brazil<\/p>\n<p>JOS\u00c9 MARIA MARIN<br \/>\nAge: 83<br \/>\nNationality: Brazil<\/p>\n<p>JULIO ROCHA<br \/>\nAge: 64<br \/>\nNationality: Nicaragua<\/p>\n<p>COSTAS TAKKAS<br \/>\nAge: 58<br \/>\nNationality: United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p>JACK WARNER<br \/>\nAge: 72<br \/>\nNationality: Trinidad and Tobago<\/p>\n<p>JEFFREY WEBB<br \/>\nAge: 50<br \/>\nNationality: Cayman Islands<\/p>\n<p>The Convicted Defendants:<\/p>\n<p>CHARLES BLAZER<br \/>\nAge: 70<br \/>\nNationality: USA<\/p>\n<p>JOS\u00c9 HAWILLA<br \/>\nAge: 71<br \/>\nNationality: Brazil<\/p>\n<p>DARYAN WARNER<br \/>\nAge: 46<br \/>\nNationality: Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada<\/p>\n<p>DARYLL WARNER<br \/>\nAge: 40<br \/>\nNationality: USA, Trinidad and Tobago<\/p>\n<p>TRAFFIC SPORTS INTERNATIONAL INC.<br \/>\nRegistered: British Virgin Islands<\/p>\n<p>TRAFFIC SPORTS USA INC.<br \/>\nRegistered: USA<\/p>\n<p>E.D.N.Y. Docket Numbers:<\/p>\n<p>United States v. Daryll Warner, 13 Cr. 402 (WFK)<br \/>\nUnited States v. Daryan Warner, 13 Cr. 584 (WFK)<br \/>\nUnited States v. Charles Blazer, 13 Cr. 602 (RJD)<br \/>\nUnited States v. Jos\u00e9 Hawilla, 14 Cr. 609 (RJD)<br \/>\nUnited States v. Traffic Sports International, Inc., 14 Cr. 609 (RJD)<br \/>\nUnited States v. Traffic Sports USA, Inc., 14 Cr. 609 (RJD)<br \/>\nUnited States v. Jeffrey Webb et al., 15 Cr. 252 (RJD)<\/p>\n<p><I>Source: <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/nine-fifa-officials-and-five-corporate-executives-indicted-racketeering-conspiracy-and\">www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/nine-fifa-officials-and-five-corporate-executives-indicted-racketeering-conspiracy-and<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: MAY 28, 2015 Jack leaves prison in an ambulance JACK Warner, who woke on Wednesday as a free man, but went to sleep accused and imprisoned, was able to make bail this afternoon, and leave the Frederick Street prison in Port of Spain. He left in a prison ambulance. Police have an arrest warrant &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=8898\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Warner on $2.5M bail<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,866,5,178,638,7,27,39],"tags":[416,147],"class_list":["post-8898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-tt","category-ilp","category-international","category-media","category-money-laundering","category-politics","category-sports","category-usa","tag-fifa","tag-jack-warner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8898"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8941,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8898\/revisions\/8941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}