GENEVA (AP) — Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner has been asked to explain what happened to aid that never arrived in Haiti after being donated following a 2010 earthquake.
Trinidad and Tobago’s soccer federation said Warner, its former special adviser, controlled a bank account in its name that was set to receive $750,000 pledged by FIFA and South Korean soccer leader Chung Mong-joon toward soccer rebuilding projects.
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