FIFA charges Caribbean officials

Ten more officials from the Caribbean have been charged in the wake of the FIFA bribery scandal, it was announced today.

FIFA’s ethics committee have already banned five officials and reprimanded or warned eight others.

A further 10 officials will now have their cases heard next month after proceedings were opened against them, FIFA said in a statement.

The officials have been charged with breaching rules on ethics in the wake of the corruption scandal that saw Mohamed bin Hammam banned for life.

The ethics committee ruled in July that he had made or offered cash gifts of US$40,000 to each of the 25 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) association chiefs at a special meeting in Trinidad on 10-11 May.