The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has confirmed that the Swiss public prosecutor’s office will not initiate legal proceedings against its general secretary, Veron Mosengo-Omba, after an investigation into allegations of dishonest management, fraud and forgery of documents.
Mosengo-Omba had denied the claims, which were revealed by a public disclosure from the federal criminal court of Switzerland in October, and met with the Swiss public prosecutor’s office in November to answer questions relating to the preliminary investigation. He said on social media that the payments related to “remuneration and bonus” he had received from Caf since becoming general secretary and that they were made in “full transparency” and “full compliance with Caf statutes”.
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A statement from Caf on Thursday read: “Caf welcomes the decision of the Swiss public prosecutor’s office and is pleased that there continues to be adherence and compliance within Caf and the Caf secretariat, with the culture and commitment to ethics, transparency and governance that was introduced since the presidency of Dr Patrice Motsepe.”
Mosengo-Omba, formerly Fifa’s chief member associations officer as well as a close associate of Gianni Infantino, and who was appointed general secretary of Caf in 2021, is still waiting for the outcome of an internal investigation into allegations of misconduct after an alleged breach of its internal governance and auditing regulations that were made in August.
The BBC reported this week that the Caf president, Motsepe, has written to its executive committee urging them to bring about a resolution.
