ZURICH, Switzerland (CMC) – CONCACAF on Thursday moved swiftly to provisionally sack Jeffrey Webb as president and install senior vice-president Alfredo Hawit as interim head of the confederation.

Eduardo Li was also dismissed as Costa Rica federation president while CONCACAF General Secretary Enrique Sanz was placed on an immediate leave of absence.

The decisions follow a meeting of CONCACAF’s executive committee which was held less than 48 hours after Webb and several other FIFA officials were arrested here in a dawn raid by Swiss law enforcement authorities.

Webb, also a FIFA vice-president, along with eight other current and former FIFA officials, were subsequently named by the United States Department of Justice in a 47-count indictment on corruption charges.

Sanz was not among those arrested or named in the alleged corruption scandal.

“While we are profoundly disappointed by the allegations made by authorities that again, CONCACAF has been the victim of fraud, we remain committed to CONCACAF’s goal to develop, promote and manage the game of soccer,” Hawit said.

“We have now taken the appropriate steps to maintain our operations and continue to deliver on our commitments to all of our constituents, including our fans, members, as well as commercial and broadcast partners.

“We also continue to cooperate with the ongoing investigation by governmental authorities, which have not placed any restrictions on our ongoing activities.”

The Executive Committee also appointed a Special Committee to “evaluate and sustain all of the business operations of the Confederation” in light of the latest round of corruption charges.