5 d. ago Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted again over financial wrongdoing at Fifa

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, the former Fifa president and former Uefa president, have now won twice in court over charges relating to financial wrongdoing at Fifa

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5 d. ago Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini CLEARED for second time over £1.6million FIFA payment

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were acquitted of financial wrongdoing back in 2022 before facing another trial in Switzerland this year, where they have both been cleared again

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5 d. ago Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini cleared in corruption case

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...

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5 d. ago Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted again at second trial of financial wrongdoing at FIFA

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have won again in court and now lead 2-0 in trial verdicts against Swiss federal prosecutors

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3 w. ago ‘That’s not me’: Blatter and Platini restate innocence in Swiss fraud case

Pair cleared in 2022 but federal prosecutor appealedFormer Fifa president tells reporters: ‘I am very positive’Sepp Blatter, the former president of Fifa, and Michel Platini, the France great and former president of Uefa, have restated their innocence in relation to allegations of fraud when appearing on Monday in a Swiss court.The pair were cleared of fraud in July 2022 at a lower Swiss court following a seven-year investigation into a payment of 2.2m Swiss francs (£1.7m) from Fifa to Platini with Blatter’s approval in 2011, for consultancy work a decade earlier. The Swiss federal prosecutor has appealed against that decision, leading to a new hearing at the extraordinary appeals chamber of the Swiss criminal court in Muttenz, near Basel. The prosecutor asked for the judgment to be set aside in full. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Former soccer leaders Blatter and Platini arrive at court for second trial over $2M FIFA payment

Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter has arrived at court in Switzerland for his second trial on fraud, forgery and misappropriation charges

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