Cayman: Police carry out Warrant Operation in the Eastern District
On Wednesday, 6 April, officers in the Eastern Districts carried out an operation where over 20 court-issued warrants were executed. The operation was a collaborative effort that included officers from the Eastern Districts’ front line, Community Officers, the Process Unit and…
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WORC Holiday Hours 2019 WORC is announcing its holiday working hours, as well as dates for the remaining board meetings for this year. WORC at Apollo House West on Mary Street will close to the public at 11:30 am Tuesday,…
Seven postponements for seven sins. Webb sentencing delayed again
From Inside World Football Former FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb has had his sentence in the FIFA-gate scandal pushed back for a seventh time after submissions in court were accepted earlier this week. After numerous delays, Webb was due to face…
Johnson & Johnson wins the reversal of a $72 million verdict over a cancer death linked to one of its popular products
By Nate Raymond, Reuters From Business Insider Oct 17 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday won the reversal of a $72 million verdict in favor of the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer they claimed stemmed…
‘Dark web’ mastermind had clean background: Antigua-Barbuda CIU
From Caribbean News Now ST JOHN’S, Antigua — In response to revelations on Thursday that the largest criminal marketplace on the Internet, AlphaBay, was created and operated by an economic citizen of Antigua and Barbuda, the Citizenship by Investment Unit…
Man revived during search and rescue by Cayman Islands police Friday (25) Night, 25 November
From RCIPS Just after 8PM Friday night, 25 November, the 9-1-1 Communications Centre dispatched police to a report of a man in distress in the water near Bodden Town Cemetery. Within minutes a Marine officer responded from Coewood Beach in…
Former FIFA Chief Jeffrey Webb receives lifetime ban from football
From Euronews Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb has been banned from football for life by the body’s ethics committee. Webb, who also held roles as the President of CONCACAF and President of the Cayman Islands Football Association, pleaded guilty…
Judge orders Insurers to pay legal fees of FIFA official
By Christine Simmons, From New York Law Journal Insurers have been ordered to pay the legal fees of a FIFA official arrested in a wide-ranging criminal corruption case, likely opening the door for other FIFA officers and their attorneys to…
Former high-ranking FIFA and CONCACAF official pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Corruption charges
From Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York Earlier today [Monday April 11] in federal court in Brooklyn, Alfredo Hawit, a former FIFA vice president and executive committee member, the former president of CONCACAF, and the former president and…
Former US big law partner charged for airplane assault
By Lizzy McLellan, From The Legal Intelligencer A one-time partner at a national law firm is facing a federal misdemeanor charge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania over an allegation that she assaulted another person during a flight that was forced…