Top football administrator faces graft probe

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Publish date 16 July 2019
Issue Number 669
Diary Legalbrief Forensic
Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad Ahmad is coming under growing pressure as Fifa investigates graft allegations against him. A BBC investigation reveals that Ahmad received two sets of expenses, claiming to be in two different countries, for the ...

Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad Ahmad is coming under growing pressure as Fifa investigates graft allegations against him. A BBC investigation reveals that Ahmad received two sets of expenses, claiming to be in two different countries, for the same nine-day period during the 2018 World Cup. The Fifa vice-president twice claimed for payments from African football's ruling body for work carried out between 23 June and 1 July. The documents indicate he signed for daily allowances that stated that he was in Egypt for this spell but he later added his signature to a document claiming he was in Russia at the same time. Ahmad, who took charge of African football in March 2017, is being investigated by both Fifa's Ethics Committee and by French anti-corruption authorities with an unusual kit deal involving a French gym equipment supplier among the lines of inquiry. He has strenuously denied any wrongdoing in previous statements.