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Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini acquitted in FIFA trial

Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court rejected the prosecution's request for a suspended prison sentence of a year and eight months, following a mammoth investigation that began in 2015 over a suspected fraudulent payment.

Michel Platini was worth his million, former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter tells court

Platini was employed as an adviser to Blatter between 1998 and 2002. They signed a contract in 1999 for an annual remuneration of 300,000 Swiss francs, which was paid in full by FIFA.

Trial opens for fallen football chiefs Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini

Former FIFA president Blatter, 86, and Platini, 66, appeared in the Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona, following an investigation that began in 2015 and lasted six years

Fallen football chiefs Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini face fraud trial

The pair are being tried over a two million Swiss franc ($2.08 million) payment in 2011 to Platini, who was then in charge of European football's governing body UEFA.

Michel Platini files criminal complaint against FIFA president Gianni Infantino

Platini’s lawyers said they filed the complaint in France alleging Infantino peddled influence and that Marco Villiger, FIFA’s legal director until 2018, was complicit.

Former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter remains 'optimistic' amidst ongoing investigation

FIFA's ex-president Blatter is being investigated over a two million Swiss franc ($2.2 million, 1.85 million euro) payment in 2011 to Platini, who was then in charge of European football's governing body UEFA.

FIFA extend bans of Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke for receiving 'extraordinary bonuses' linked to 2010 World Cup

The new bans will only come into force when the current bans on Blatter and Valcke for corruption, which last till October this year and October 2025, end.

Swiss courts return confiscated $40 million to South American Football Confederation

Leoz, a former vice-president of FIFA and close ally of former president Sepp Blatter, was also implicated in an American bribery investigation over World Cup bidding. The Peruvian's death in August 2019 prompted proceedings against him to be dropped.

Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke tells Swiss trial of struggling 'with no income'

Valcke said he had struggled "with no income" since losing his job at FIFA in 2015. He said he had to sell his yacht and jewellery, and had been "unable to open a bank account in Europe" since 2017 — he divorced a year later so that his wife could.

FIFA open to fund anti-corruption agency for sports to look into financial corruption and match-fixing

“Never again. Never again corruption in football,” said Infantino, who is himself under investigation in Switzerland over meetings he had with then-attorney general Michael Lauber.