Costas Michael Takkas (, ) is a

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administrator, the

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to the

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president, and the former CIFA general secretary.

Corruption allegations

Takkas was arrested in May 2015 in Switzerland to face

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charges in the United States. He was banned by

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. Takkas was sentenced to 15 months in prison by a US judge in 2017.

Education

Takkas obtained his designation as a chartered accountant from the

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in 1982, having earned his undergraduate degree from

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in 1978.

References

1957 births Football people in the Cayman Islands Living people English people of Greek descent Businesspeople from the London Borough of Islington Alumni of Imperial College London {{Caymans-footy-bio-stub