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Ex-UEFA Head Platini and FIFA Chief Blatter Acquitted by Swiss Court in Fraud Case, Reports Suggest
Ex-UEFA Head Platini and FIFA Chief Blatter Acquitted by Swiss Court in Fraud Case, Reports Suggest
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Swiss court in Bellinzona has acquitted former FIFA President Joseph Blatter and former head of the European Union of Football... 08.07.2022, Sputnik International
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The trial against an 86-year-old Swiss and a 66-year-old French on fraud charges, maladministration, breach of trust and forgery of securities began on June 8.The top football officials were on trial for a two million Swiss franc ($2.08 million) payment which Platini received back in 2011, when he was the head of UEFA.Blatter argued that FIFA owed Platini the sum, since the latter was serving as a presidential adviser in Blatter's first term between 1998 and 2002. The former French national team star has claimed the allegations against him emerged in September 2015 as a part of campaign, aiming to block him from seeking the office of FIFA president.
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Ex-UEFA Head Platini and FIFA Chief Blatter Acquitted by Swiss Court in Fraud Case, Reports Suggest
08:36 GMT 08.07.2022 (Updated: 20:44 GMT 19.10.2022) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Swiss court in Bellinzona has acquitted former FIFA President Joseph Blatter and former head of the European Union of Football Associations (UEFA) Michel Platini in a fraud case, AFP reported citing the court's ruling.
The trial against an 86-year-old Swiss and a 66-year-old French on fraud charges, maladministration, breach of trust and forgery of securities began on June 8.
The top football officials were on trial for a two million Swiss franc ($2.08 million) payment which Platini received back in 2011, when he was the head of UEFA.
Blatter argued that FIFA owed Platini the sum, since the latter was serving as a presidential adviser in Blatter's first term between 1998 and 2002. The former French national team star has claimed the allegations against him emerged in September 2015 as a part of campaign, aiming to block him from seeking the office of FIFA president.
