A staffer at FIFA reportedly has been arrested in Miami on suspicion of having sex with an underage boy while on a work trip from Zurich last year.
A federal criminal complaint said Jack Coles is charged with enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and traveling to the United States with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.A staffer at FIFA has reportedly been arrested in Miami on suspicion of having sex with an underage boy while on a work trip from Zurich last year.
“FIFA is aware of ongoing legal proceedings in Miami. The alleged offenses are serious and of a personal matter with no link to his work at FIFA,” the world soccer body said in a statement Wednesday."The individual has been suspended with immediate effect and until further notice from all duties. FIFA has no further comment at this stage,” it said. Jack Coles was detained Friday by federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations at a hotel near FIFA’s offices in Coral Gables, Florida.
Coles, who is British and reported to be aged 39, is alleged to have met a 14-year-old boy through a men’s dating app last October, and allegedly tried to meet with him again last week. The boy reportedly told the FIFA staffer he was 16, and was later in contact with federal investigators.A federal criminal complaint said Coles is charged with enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and traveling to the United States with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
FIFA opened a United States base in Coral Gables in 2023 ahead of two major tournaments being hosted in the country. It also moved its legal department there from headquarters in Zurich.it is co-hosting with Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19 next year. Miami's Hard Rock Stadium will have seven games.
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