Swiss Criminal Court clears pair of fraud mismanagementHearing came after appeal against their acquittal in 2022 Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted for a second time on charges of fraud, forgery, mismanagement and misappropriation of $2.2m (£1.7m) of Fifa money in 2011.The attorney general’s office in Switzerland had challenged a first acquittal in July 2022 and asked for sentences of 20 months, suspended for two years, for the former Fifa and Uefa presidents. However the federal criminal appeals court accepted the two men’s explanation that the payment had been for consultancy work. Continue reading...
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were acquitted for a second time on charges of fraud, forgery, mismanagement, and misappropriation of $2.2 million in FIFA funds. The case centered on a 2011 payment from FIFA to Platini, approved by Blatter, for advisory work done between 1998 and 2002. Swiss prosecutors argued the payment lacked a legal basis, while Blatter and Platini maintained it was a verbal agreement for backdated salary. The initial investigation in 2015 ended both men's careers and led to bans from football.
