FIFA to Avoid Legal Battle
FIFA vice-president Jack Warner will very likely drop his planned legal action against the authors of a report and some FIFA officials. A report conducted by the auditors of FIFA, Ernst and Young, alleged that Trinidadian Warner and his son had been involved in World Cup ticketing scams. By abandoning his intentions to sue FIFA will escape an embarrassing public affair. According to the report he and his family are accused of selling World Cup tickets for much more than face value. The report linked the company Simpaul Travel, run by Warner's son Daryan, to thousands of tickets for games involving England, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico and Japan at the World Cup. The Ernst & Young report shows 900 tickets for England matches, 1,500 for Mexico games and 3,000 for Japan were obtained by the Warner’s and sold through the travel company which had exclusive rights in the Caribbean to ticket- and-hotel packages worth more than $1 million. Another report conducted by a lawyer, Collins, accused Ernst and Young of containing incomplete information and drawing false conclusions. Warner wanted to use the Collins report to sue. Finally he accepted to stop his legal action according to a compromise found with FIFA representative. Warner will let FIFA's internal disciplinary committee decide the matter.
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