Zurich: Jack Warner quit as a FIFA vice president on Monday and soccer's governing body dropped corruption charges against him.
Warner and Asian soccer chief Mohamed bin Hammam were suspended by FIFA last month after they were accused of offering $40,000 bribes to Caribbean voters during bin Hammam's presidential campaign.
Warner spent 28 years on FIFA's executive committee. Investigators recently interviewed members of the CONCACAF confederation he had led until his suspension. FIFA said it accepted his resignation and "regrets the turn of events" that led to the decision.
"Mr. Warner is leaving FIFA by his own volition after nearly 30 years of service," the ruling body said in a statement. "As a consequence of Mr. Warner's self-determined resignation, all ethics committee procedures against him have been closed and the presumption of innocence is maintained."
Warner also quit as head of the soccer group representing the Caribbean and the regional body in which the United States competes.
He had been a longtime ally of Sepp Blatter, who was re-elected as FIFA president when bin Hammam dropped out of the election after being accused of corruption.
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