Webb sentencing put back a fifth time
NEW YORK, CMC – Sentencing for disgraced former CONCACAF strongman, Jeffrey Webb, has been pushed back yet again, this time until January next year.
The 52-year-old Cayman Islands businessman, a former powerful vicepresident of football’s World governing body, FIFA, was expected to be sentenced July 11 but has had the date pushed back to January 24, 2008.
It is the fifth time the US federal court in Brooklyn agreed to reschedule sentencing. Only last April, Webb’s May 11th sentencing was pushed back to July.
Webb’s case was a high profile one following his arrest in Zurich two years ago as a part of a sting operation conducted by Swiss law enforcement as FIFA executives gathered for presidential elections.
He was one of several high level former and current CONCACAF and FIFA officials accused of corruption in a 47-count indictment by the United States Department of Justice.
After being extradited to the US to face corruption charges, Webb pleaded guilty in November 2015 to racketeering conspiracy, three counts of wire fraud conspiracy and three counts of money laundering conspiracy.
He agreed to forfeit more than US$6.7 million as part of a plea deal and has been under house arrest at his palatial Atlanta residence ever since.
Recent media reports said Webb was selling the property with monies from the sale to go towards an asset forfeiture agreement.