The Confederation of African Football (Caf) general secretary, Pierre-Alain Mounguengui Mosengo-Omba, is facing allegations of dishonest management, fraud, and document forgery. Swiss prosecutors are investigating suspicious payments made to Swiss bank accounts linked to Mosengo-Omba. While he denies the claims, the investigation stems from reports of excessive bonus payments and unexplained cash withdrawals.
The general secretary of the Confederation of African Football has been investigated over allegations of dishonest management, fraud and forgery of documents in a case that prosecutors warn could “seriously tarnish Switzerland ’s reputation”., has been accused of making a series of suspicious payments to Swiss bank accounts. He has denied the claims, which were revealed on Wednesday by a public disclosure from the Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland .
Mosengo-Omba described the bank transfers as “legitimate” and referred to “remuneration and bonus I have received from Caf since I have held the position of general secretary”, adding “they were made in full transparency”. Formerly Fifa’s chief member associations officer and a close associate of the president, Gianni Infantino, after meeting him while studying law at the University of Fribourg, Mosengo-Omba was appointed general secretary of Caf in 2021. According to the Fribourg authorities, the effects of the allegations against Mosengo-Omba would be “all the more significant on the reputation of the confederation in view of the professional and academic career of the person concerned in Switzerland”.
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