Police business manager facing charges in football probe
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service business manager has been placed on required leave and is facing criminal charges in connection with an ongoing investigation into financial irregularities at regional football body CONCACAF.
Charmaine Moss is expected to be formally charged with fraud-related offences early next week following the conclusion of an extensive criminal investigation.
Moss remained in post as the police’s business manager – a civilian role – while the lengthy investigation unfolded.
Contacted by the Cayman Compass Friday evening, Police Commissioner Derek Byrne confirmed he had placed Moss on required leave, “pending the disposal of criminal charges by the Director of Public Prosecutions”.
He added, “The charges relate to financial activities between 2012 and 2014, before her employment with the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service.”
He said Moss was expected to appear in Summary Court early next week. Byrne declined to comment further at this stage.
Moss was hired by the RCIPS in spring 2016. The Compass understands that police began investigating allegations that she was implicated in alleged financial irregularities at CONCACAF later the same year.
CONCACAF is the regional football governing body for the Caribbean, North and Central America.
Caymanian Jeff Webb was president of both the Cayman Islands Football Association and CONCACAF until he was arrested along with multiple other officials from football world governing body FIFA in Zurich in 2015.
Webb pleaded guilty later the same year to seven counts in a US federal court indictment alleging he and dozens of other defendants conspired to rig sports marketing contracts for various world football events in exchange for millions of dollars in bribes. Webb is still under house arrest in the US awaiting sentencing for his crimes.
A slew of local and international investigations relating to widespread allegations of financial irregularities in local and global football have followed.
The Compass has submitted questions to the Ministry of Home Affairs as well as the police, querying why Moss remained in such an influential role with the police while the investigation took place. We had not received responses at press time.
Moss remained in post as the police’s business manager – a civilian role – while the lengthy investigation unfolded.
Contacted by the Cayman Compass Friday evening, Police Commissioner Derek Byrne confirmed he had placed Moss on required leave, “pending the disposal of criminal charges by the Director of Public Prosecutions”.
He added, “The charges relate to financial activities between 2012 and 2014, before her employment with the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service.”
He said Moss was expected to appear in Summary Court early next week. Byrne declined to comment further at this stage.
Moss was hired by the RCIPS in spring 2016. The Compass understands that police began investigating allegations that she was implicated in alleged financial irregularities at CONCACAF later the same year.
CONCACAF is the regional football governing body for the Caribbean, North and Central America.
Caymanian Jeff Webb was president of both the Cayman Islands Football Association and CONCACAF until he was arrested along with multiple other officials from football world governing body FIFA in Zurich in 2015.
Webb pleaded guilty later the same year to seven counts in a US federal court indictment alleging he and dozens of other defendants conspired to rig sports marketing contracts for various world football events in exchange for millions of dollars in bribes. Webb is still under house arrest in the US awaiting sentencing for his crimes.
A slew of local and international investigations relating to widespread allegations of financial irregularities in local and global football have followed.
The Compass has submitted questions to the Ministry of Home Affairs as well as the police, querying why Moss remained in such an influential role with the police while the investigation took place. We had not received responses at press time.
