One of the eight members of FIFA’s financial watchdog has been arrested by police on suspicion of corruption and money-laundering.
Canover Watson, a businessman from the Cayman Islands and vice-president of the Caribbean Football Union, has denied the allegations.
Watson sits on FIFA’s audit and compliance committee, a body set up in 2012 to “ensure the completeness and reliability” of the world governing body’s finances. He is a close friend of FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb.
The 43-year-old was arrested by officers and has been released on bail to report back to police on September 29.
The arrest follows a police investigation into a hospital swipe-card billing system in the Cayman Islands.