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Cayman Islands Anti-Corruption Commission on Confiscation Hearing – Canover Watson

On 4 February 2016 Canover Watson was convicted by a jury of his peers of the following five counts: 1. Two counts of Conspiracy to Defraud contrary to Common Law; 2. One count of Conflict of Interest contrary to sections…

The Editor Speaks: CarePay and does anyone really care?

I came down heavy on Bodden Town MLA Chris Saunders in a recent editorial and likened him to the late British Actor Sir Christopher Lee’s performance playing the notorious “hanging judge” Judge Jeffries. Today, I am somewhat on his side,…

The Editor Speaks: HSA debt is over $100M

One of the practices in place at the Cayman Islands Hospital when you go to the Clinic to see a doctor or get a prescription refilled is to charge you $75 BEFORE you get to see a doctor, or in…

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The Editor Speaks: Is it only me who cares?

It is over a year since we learnt the Cayman Islands Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) would begin their review of “suspicious accounting” by the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA). The whole board of CIFA was tainted by their association with the…

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‘We won’t fund them’- Cayman minister of sports repeats call for tarnished CIFA executive to step down

From Sportsmax Cayman minister of sport Osbourne Bodden has held firm to the stance that the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) will not receive another cent of funding from the government until financial regularities are accounted for. The CIFA was…

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Cayman Islands young leadership awards group revokes Canover Watson’s award

From Young Caymanian Leadership Awards YCLA Revokes Award granted to Canover Watson George Town, 10 February, 2016 — The Honorary Board of the Young Caymanian Leadership Awards (YCLA) today announces that the YCLA Award given to Mr. Canover Watson in…

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UPDATE: Canover Watson found guilty on 5 charges – receives 7 years jail sentence/Former FIFA watchdog member Watson jailed for seven years

Former FIFA watchdog member Watson jailed for seven years BY SIMON EVANS From Reuters A former member of world soccer body FIFA’s financial watchdog has been sentenced to seven years in prison in the Cayman Islands after being found guilty…

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Cayman bank lent $240,000 to company owned by disgraced former FIFA officials

From Curacao Chronicle GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — Former Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) president, Jeffrey Webb, borrowed money from Fidelity Bank in the Cayman Islands on behalf of a sports firm he owned with…

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The Editor Speaks: Cayman’s #1 story – Jeffrey Webb

The name of Jeffrey Webb once was taken with pride. The man who had it all. The prince who was going to turn the tarnished name of the world’s #1 sport into a new regime of honesty and openness. He…

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FIFA’s Webb charged in Cayman Island’s corruption case/ACC Charges

From Reuters Suspended FIFA vice-president and CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb, already facing charges in soccer’s global bribery scandal, has now been charged in a healthcare fraud case in his native Cayman Islands, local media reported on Friday. Cayman authorities have…