Criminal proceedings against the President of FIFA Bern, 25.09.2015 - The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has opened criminal proceedings against the President of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on suspicion of criminal mismanagement as well as – alternatively – on suspicion of misappropriation. Swiss criminal proceedings against the President of FIFA, Mr. Joseph Blatter, have been opened on 24 September 2015 on suspicion of criminal mismanagement (Article 158 Swiss Criminal Code / SCC) and – alternatively – misappropriation (Article 138 Swiss Criminal Code / SCC). On the one hand, the OAG suspects that on 12 September 2005 Mr. Joseph Blatter has signed a contract with the Caribbean Football Union (with Jack Warner as the President at this time); this contract was unfavorable for FIFA. On the other hand, there is as suspicion that, in the implementation of this agreement, Joseph Blatter also violated his fiduciary duties and acted against the interest of FIFA and/or FIFA Marketing & TV AG. Additionally, Mr. Joseph Blatter is suspected of a disloyal payment of CHF 2 Mio (2 million swiss francs). to Michel Platini, President of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), at the expense of FIFA, which was allegedly made for work performed between January 1999 and June 2002 ; this payment was executed in February 2011. On 25 September 2015, representatives of the OAG interrogated the defendant Joseph Blatter following a meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee. At the same time, Michel Platini was heard as a person asked to provide information (Article 178 of the Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure). Furthermore, the OAG conducted on 25 September 2015 a house search at FIFA Headquarters with the support of the Federal Criminal Police. The office of the FIFA President has been searched and data seized. https://www.news.admin.ch/message/index.html?lang=en&msg-id=58891
Very dodgy selling World Cup tv rights for about 400K to Jack Warner...who then sold it for 20 mill. Firstly, anyone could tell you that the rights were worth more than 400K and, secondly, Jack Warner was obviously going to sell it on at a profit without doing anything to deserve it. Not like selling it to the BBC who would perhaps have added value by filming it and packaging it. Of course, there is no evidence at all that Blatter would gain financially from it and it would be totally wrong for me to even suggest such a thing.
The whole giant tower of steaming horse excrement that is FIFA is about to come tumbling down. Who still thinks Platini is still the person to clean the stable?
Fair comment. Despite him being French and disliking us, I thought he was the one. Maybe, depending in what comes out, I'll have to revise this.
I wonder what Platini did for FIFA that was worth £2 million? It just seems that they were all feathering their own nests with FIFA gold.
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Hush money mate. Platini is as rotten as the rest of them. Was there ever any doubt? Anyone associated with that nest of vipers is hopelessly tainted. FIFA is beyond reform; the sport needs a new governing body, not a rehash of the old one.
It only takes one rotten apple. Even if you go in with good intentions, money swirling around can convince you that your share is well deserved. Needs a strong honourable man at the top and FIFA haven't had that for a long time. When the dust settles, they should limit the tenure of the head of FIFA and introduce a monitoring committee that changes regularly.
The vast sums of money involved with these organisations to run a bloody sport is way way out of hand. Its only about organising games of football and those that play it for goodness sake, not running a country or dealing with real world issues. These crooked characters take themselves so seriously. FIFA and UEFA should be shut down and abolished. Another smaller body on a more respectable financial scale needs to be set up. The whole saga puts me off so called professional football.
Well, let's assume you are right, for the moment. What would be a very good ply to put people off the scent.? Obviously to come forward as a candidate for Presidency. However, he could also do that if he were clean as a whistle. Platini is inscrutable. One really doesn't know his thoughts, despite him being at the head of UEFA for some time and being in the public gaze. For me, that alone puts him out of the running. But the old pals act happens in football all the time, so if the law clears him/stays away I wouldn't mind betting he becomes FIFA President.
