{"id":38054,"date":"2011-06-22T10:53:51","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T14:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=38054"},"modified":"2011-06-22T10:53:51","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T14:53:51","slug":"bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Bin Hammam in cash-for-votes scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
Accused: The suspended Mohamed Bin Hammam (right) and Jack Warner (left), who quit FIFA this week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is ‘comprehensive, convincing and overwhelming’ evidence that FIFA member Mohamed Bin Hammam tried to bribe officials during his presidential campaign and that Jack Warner was ‘an accessory to corruption’, according to a secret report by FIFA’s ethics committee.<\/p>\n

FIFA announced on Monday that Warner had resigned as FIFA vice-president and quit all football activities, and the world governing body said they had dropped all investigations into him and that ‘the presumption of innocence is maintained’.<\/p>\n

But the full report of the ethics committee headed by Namibian judge Petrus Damaseb which provisionally suspended Warner and Bin Hammam on May 29 says there was ‘prima facie’ evidence that bribes had been paid to officials to support Bin Hammam’s campaign for the FIFA presidency, and that Warner had facilitated this.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ FULL STORY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is ‘comprehensive, convincing and overwhelming’ evidence that FIFA member Mohamed Bin Hammam tried to bribe officials during his presidential campaign and that Jack Warner was ‘an accessory to corruption’, according to a secret report by FIFA’s ethics committee. FIFA…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":38055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBin Hammam in cash-for-votes scandal - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bin Hammam in cash-for-votes scandal - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There is ‘comprehensive, convincing and overwhelming’ evidence that FIFA member Mohamed Bin Hammam tried to bribe officials during his presidential campaign and that Jack Warner was ‘an accessory to corruption’, according to a secret report by FIFA’s ethics committee. FIFA...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-06-22T14:53:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/article-2006890-0BFE5A1400000578-507_634x414.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"634\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"414\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\"},\"headline\":\"Bin Hammam in cash-for-votes scandal\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-22T14:53:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":164,\"commentCount\":6,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/article-2006890-0BFE5A1400000578-507_634x414.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bin Hammam in cash-for-votes scandal - Dominica News Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/article-2006890-0BFE5A1400000578-507_634x414.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-22T14:53:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/article-2006890-0BFE5A1400000578-507_634x414.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/article-2006890-0BFE5A1400000578-507_634x414.jpg\",\"width\":\"634\",\"height\":\"414\",\"caption\":\"Accused: The suspended Mohamed Bin Hammam (right) and Jack Warner (left), who quit FIFA this week.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bin Hammam in cash-for-votes scandal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominica News Online\",\"description\":\"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/tdurand\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bin Hammam in cash-for-votes scandal - Dominica News Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bin Hammam in cash-for-votes scandal - Dominica News Online","og_description":"There is ‘comprehensive, convincing and overwhelming’ evidence that FIFA member Mohamed Bin Hammam tried to bribe officials during his presidential campaign and that Jack Warner was ‘an accessory to corruption’, according to a secret report by FIFA’s ethics committee. FIFA...","og_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/","og_site_name":"Dominica News Online","article_published_time":"2011-06-22T14:53:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":634,"height":414,"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/article-2006890-0BFE5A1400000578-507_634x414.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed"},"headline":"Bin Hammam in cash-for-votes scandal","datePublished":"2011-06-22T14:53:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/"},"wordCount":164,"commentCount":6,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/article-2006890-0BFE5A1400000578-507_634x414.jpg","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/","name":"Bin Hammam in cash-for-votes scandal - Dominica News Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/article-2006890-0BFE5A1400000578-507_634x414.jpg","datePublished":"2011-06-22T14:53:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/article-2006890-0BFE5A1400000578-507_634x414.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/article-2006890-0BFE5A1400000578-507_634x414.jpg","width":"634","height":"414","caption":"Accused: The suspended Mohamed Bin Hammam (right) and Jack Warner (left), who quit FIFA this week."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/bin-hammam-in-cash-for-votes-scandal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bin Hammam in cash-for-votes scandal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/","name":"Dominica News Online","description":"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/author\/tdurand\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/article-2006890-0BFE5A1400000578-507_634x414.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38054"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38057,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38054\/revisions\/38057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}