南アサッカー協会会長が私的流用 詐欺と窃盗の容疑で逮捕
2010年のW杯南アフリカ大会の招致に成功したジョーダン会長は、ヨハネスブルクの裁判所で罪状を否認した。
警察当局の発表によると、ジョーダン会長は2014年から18年にかけて協会の資金を個人的な利益のために利用した疑惑があり、理事会の承認を得ることなく、自身の身を守るのために民間の警備会社や広報会社と契約したという。
2017年、歌手で元同国国会議員の女性が、ジョーダン会長から25年前に性的暴行を受けたと申し立てしたことで、同氏は評判が傷ついたため広報会社と契約したと報じられている。ジョーダン会長はこの疑惑も否定している。【翻訳編集AFPBBNews】
〔AFP=時事〕(2024/11/14-20:27)
S.Africa football chief arrested on fraud, theft charges
South African Football Association (SAFA) president Danny Jordaan was arrested and charged Wednesday with using the group's resources for his own purposes in a fraud and theft case amounting to 1.3 million rand ($72,000), police said.
Jordaan, who led South Africa's successful bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, denied the charges in a Johannesburg court.
The allegations are that between 2014 and 2018, the president of SAFA used the organisation's resources for his personal gain, a police statement said.
He was accused of hiring a private security company for his own protection and a public relations company without authorisation from the SAFA board, the statement added.
Jordaan, 73, is reported to have hired the public relations firm after his reputation took a knock when a South African singer and former lawmaker alleged in 2017 that he had sexually assaulted her 25 years previously. He denied the allegations.
He was arrested following an intensive investigation by the Serious Commercial Crime Investigation based in Johannesburg into allegations of R1.3 million fraud and theft, police said.
Jordaan has been SAFA president since 2013 and was elected for a third time in 2022.
He was arrested with SAFA chief financial officer Gronie Hluyo and businessman Trevor Neethling, head of the communications company cited in the charges, who also denied the accusations.
The court released the three on bail.
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