Mr Live Wire has heard the questions: “What the arse is FATCA?” “Dem politicians wouldn’t be playing the fool if this so serious, right?” “PNM just trying to scare we again, nah?” “That have something to do with Marlene coming back?” Well, despite the legitimate interest in pompous Pussyfoot’s petty …
Read More »US intelligence memo suggests Kamla stage-managed Warner’s FIFA exit
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has refused to confirm or deny a leaked United States intelligence report which suggested that the then Prime Minister helped script Jack Warner’s resignation from FIFA and was far more aware of the football executive’s alleged criminal behaviour than previously admitted. According to the memo, Persad-Bissessar …
Read More »FIFA official: The FBI and IRS will deal with Warner
FIFA today acknowledged for the first time that its former vice-president and Trinidad and Tobago politician Jack Warner might be a target for the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Inland Revenue Services (IRS). Warner insisted that he was unfairly targeted by a CONCACAF integrity report and got …
Read More »Warriors turn guns on Warner; let the FBI wait
Thirteen aggrieved 2006 World Cup football players are set to join a lengthy list of bodies on the trail of National Security Minister and ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner after alleging collusion between Warner and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) in an attempt to defraud the “Soca Warriors” …
Read More »Jack confuffles the Guardian
National Security Minister Jack Warner was up to his old Jedi mind tricks yesterday as he denied any knowledge that he was being investigated by the IRS as reported exclusively in Wired868. And, possibly sensing the chance to rewrite history, Warner added the bizarre claim that: “I have never faced …
Read More »IRS investigates Warner’s CONCACAF legacy
Concacaf president Jeffrey Webb confirmed on Thursday that the United States’ Internal Revenue Services (IRS), accounting firm BDO International and global legal company Sidley Austin LLP are working in tandem to scrutinize the legacy of his predecessor and Trinidad and Tobago’s National Security Minister Jack Warner. The CONCACAF Executive was …
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