In September 2002, Moreno, while a candidate in October elections for places on the Quito city council, was suspended for twenty matches.^[6] and investigated by Ecuadorian soccer authorities and FIFA^[7] after a match he officiated between Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito and Barcelona Sporting Club from Guayaquil. With Liga de Quito trailing 3–2 at the end of the match, Moreno signalled six minutes of injury time, then allowed play to continue for thirteen minutes, during which Liga de Quito scored an equaliser in the 99th minute, then won the game in the 101st minute. Moreno was also accused of falsifying the minutes in which Liga de Quito scored their equalising and winning goals in his official match report.

In May 2003, in his third game back from his suspension, Moreno was again suspended, for one match, after he sent off three players from visiting Deportivo Quito in a 1–1 draw at Deportivo Cuenca.^[8] He retired the following month, blaming low performance marks for his retirement.^[9]

Opljačkani i kineski novinari

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Do pljačke je došlo kada je automobil sa kineskim novinarima stao pored puta, a gosti iz Azije ostali su bez manje količine novca i kamere, navodi "Dejli telegraf".

"Kada izlazite iz hotela, morate da budete veoma oprezni. Obavezno sakrijte najvrednije stvari u cipele ili patike i nikako ne otvarajte prozore automobila", poručio je jedan od opljačkanih kineskih novinara.

Konzulat Kine u Johanesburgu upozorio je državljane te zemlje da tokom Mundijala vode računa gde se kreću i da ne nose velike sume novca sa sobom.

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