Qatar World Cup 2022 investigation: former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner and family paid millionsDocuments appear to show a senior Fifa official and his family were paid millions by a company controlled by a former Qatari football official shortly after the country won its bid for the 2022 World Cup A senior Fifa official and his family were paid almost $2 million (£1.2m) from a Qatari firm linked to the country’s successful bid for the 2022 World Cup, The Telegraph can disclose
.Jack Warner, the former vice-president of Fifa, appears to have been personally paid $1.2 million (£720,000) from a company controlledby a former Qatari football official shortly after the decision to award the country the tournament.Payments totalling almost $750,000
(£450,000) were made to Mr Warner’s sons, documents show.
A further $400,000 (£240,000) was paid to one of his employees.
It is understood that the
FBI is now investigating Trinidad-based Mr Warner and his alleged links to the Qatari bid, and that the former Fifa official’s eldest son, who lives in Miami, has been helping the inquiry as a co-operating witness.
The awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was one of the most controversial decisions in sporting history. The intense summer heat in the desert nation has raised the prospect of the tournament being moved to the winter for the first time.
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