{"id":620,"date":"2017-04-28T15:20:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T15:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.net\/2016\/10\/31\/liverpools-childish-play-ends-with-coutinho-as-puppeteer\/"},"modified":"2017-07-23T17:36:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T17:36:12","slug":"banks-under-fifa-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>

BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE<\/strong><\/p>

\"\"<\/div>\n

Caribbean football was facing further strife on Friday after the sport\u2019s world governing body, FIFA, announced that its ethics committee had opened a formal case against Caribbean Football Union president, Gordon Derrick, over corruption allegations.<\/p>\n

Derrick, also the general secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association, had been investigated by FIFA\u2019s ethics committee over \u201calleged conflicts of interest, offering and accepting gifts and other benefits, mismanagement of funds, abuse of position and disloyalty\u201d, and could now face a ban of up to four years and a fine of US$15 000.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/div>\n

FIFA said the report from chief investigator, Dr Cornel Borb\u00e9ly, had been submitted to the adjudicatory chamber of the ethics committee last week, with a copy also forwarded to Derrick.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The CFU\u2019s top official will be afforded the opportunity to defend himself against the allegations and can also request a hearing, as per FIFA Code of Ethics regulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee, under its chairman Hans-Joachim Eckert, has opened formal adjudicatory proceedings against the President of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) and General Secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association (ABFA), Mr Gordon Derrick, based on the final report submitted by the investigatory chamber,\u201d FIFA said in a statement.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

\u201cThe investigations concerning Mr Derrick were conducted by Dr Cornel Borb\u00e9ly, chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, as the chief of investigation, and focused amongst others on alleged conflicts of interest, offering and accepting gifts and other benefits, mismanagement of funds, abuse of position and disloyalty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement continued: \u201cIn the final report, which was passed to the adjudicatory chamber on 21 April 2017, Dr Borb\u00e9ly recommended imposing on Mr Derrick a ban of no less than four (4) years from taking part in any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other), as well as a fine of no less than CHF 15,000 (Swiss francs) for the alleged violation of articles 13 (General rules of conduct), 15 (Loyalty), 19 (Conflicts of interest) and 20 (Offering and accepting gifts and other benefits) of the FIFA Code of Ethics.\u201d<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Only last year, Derrick attempted to stand for the vacant post of CONCACAF president but was barred from doing so by FIFA, whose Audit and Compliance Committee said the Antiguan had failed an integrity check.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

He subsequently referred the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport who upheld FIFA\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n

Derrick was one of several Caribbean officials reprimanded and fined over \u201capparent violations\u201d of FIFA\u2019s ethics code, following the infamous cash-for-votes scandal six years ago which crippled regional football.<\/p>\n

He replaced Jack Warner as head of CFU after the resignation of the high profile Trinidadian at the height of the controversy. Last July, Derrick was re-elected for a second term.
\nIn its statement Friday, FIFA said there would be a presumption of \u201cinnocence until proven guilty\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor reasons linked to privacy rights and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, the adjudicatory chamber will not publish any further details at the present time.\u201d
\nCMC<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE Caribbean football was facing further strife on Friday after the sport\u2019s world governing body, FIFA, announced that its ethics committee had opened a formal case against Caribbean Football Union president, Gordon Derrick, over corruption allegations. Derrick, also the general secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association, had been investigated by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"\nBANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE Caribbean football was facing further strife on Friday after the sport\u2019s world governing body, FIFA, announced that its ethics committee had opened a formal case against Caribbean Football Union president, Gordon Derrick, over corruption allegations. Derrick, also the general secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association, had been investigated by […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-28T15:20:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-07-23T17:36:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-28T15:20:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-23T17:36:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/\"},\"wordCount\":509,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"Sports\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/\",\"name\":\"BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-28T15:20:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-23T17:36:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE","og_description":"BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE Caribbean football was facing further strife on Friday after the sport\u2019s world governing body, FIFA, announced that its ethics committee had opened a formal case against Caribbean Football Union president, Gordon Derrick, over corruption allegations. Derrick, also the general secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association, had been investigated by […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2017-04-28T15:20:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-07-23T17:36:12+00:00","author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE","datePublished":"2017-04-28T15:20:59+00:00","dateModified":"2017-07-23T17:36:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/"},"wordCount":509,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","keywords":["Sports"],"articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/","name":"BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2017-04-28T15:20:59+00:00","dateModified":"2017-07-23T17:36:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/banks-under-fifa-probe\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BANKS UNDER FIFA PROBE"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}