Austin "Jack" Warner

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Austin "Jack" Warner (b. January 26, 1943), a Trinidad and Tobago football executive and businessman, is FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF President. A former history school teacher, he is the owner of Joe Public F.C., a professional football club based in Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago.

Jack Warner has been a member of the FIFA Executive Committee since 1983, and CONCACAF President since 1990. His Presidential term will end in 2011.^[1]

Warner has been accused of corruption on BBC's Panorama for repeatedly taking advantage of his position for financial gain. FIFA's auditors, Ernst & Young, estimated that his family made a profit of at least $1 million from reselling 2006 World Cup tickets that Warner had ordered.

Minutes of FIFA’s executive committee indicate that a fine of almost $1 million, equal to the expected profiteering, was imposed on the family. Despite numerous reminders from FIFA, only $250,000 has been paid.

[edit] References

^ "Jack Warner re-elected as CONCACAF President", CONCACAF, 2007-03-14. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.

Jennings, Andrew. "The Beautiful Bung: Corruption and the World Cup", BBC, 2006-06-11. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.

Jennings, Andrew. "FIFA chief's World Cup ticket scam", Daily Mail, 2006-09-12. Retrieved on 2006-12-12.

Jennings, Andrew. "FIFA chief's son in $1m scam fine", Daily Mail, 2007-03-13. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.

Norman-Culp., Sheila. "Blatter denies involvement in graft probe", The Associated Press, 2007-03-23. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.

[edit] External links

The house that Jack built: From "villain" to Godfather FIFA Vice President Austin "Jack" Warner turns misfortune into dollars. 2000. Camille Moreno, Trinidad Guardian.