![]() ![]() ![]() The Swiss indictment against Blatter, 85, comes as he battles ill health. “This payment damaged FIFA’s assets and unlawfully enriched Platini,” a statement said. Blatter was not charged at the time, even as the scandal brought down most of FIFA’s top leadership. That investigation resulted in the arrest and conviction of dozens of powerful soccer officials and marketing executives on charges that included racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy. The criminal charges for fraud, criminal mismanagement and forgery follow a yearslong investigation into the payment, which came to light in 2015 after prosecutors at the United States Department of Justice revealed corrupt practices at FIFA dating back at least two decades. The office of Switzerland’s attorney general accused Blatter of unlawfully arranging the $2 million payment in 2011 to Platini, who was then the head of European soccer’s governing body, UEFA. More than six years after being ousted in a sprawling soccer corruption scandal, the former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his onetime ally Michel Platini were indicted on fraud charges on Tuesday by the authorities in Switzerland, who accused the men of arranging a secret $2 million payment. ![]()
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