FIFA opens bribery case against its former executives Sepp Blatter, Markus Kattner and Jerome Valcke.
FIFA revealed in June, after finance director Markus Kattner was fired, that he, Blatter and Jerome Valcke agreed to pay themselves bonuses worth tens of millions of dollars.
Ethics prosecutors say their investigation relates to bribery and corruption, accepting gifts and conflicts of interest.
The case involves "salaries and bonuses paid to Mr. Blatter, Mr. Valcke and Mr. Kattner as well as other provisions included in the contracts of these three individuals."
Blatter and Valcke, FIFA's former secretary general, are already serving ethics bans and face criminal proceedings by Swiss federal prosecutors.
A FIFA statement said: "The deputy chairman of the investigatory chamber of the ethics committee, Djimbaraye Bourngar, has opened formal proceedings against Joseph Blatter, former president of FIFA, Jerome Valcke, former secretary general of FIFA, and Markus Kattner, former acting secretary general and director of finance & corporate services.
"The investigatory chamber will investigate possible violations of art. 13 (general rules of conduct), art. 15 (loyalty), art. 19 (conflicts of interest), art. 20 (offering and accepting gifts and other benefits) and art. 21 (bribery and corruption) of the FIFA code of ethics in the context of salaries and bonuses paid to Mr Blatter, Mr Valcke and Mr Kattner, as well as other provisions included in the contracts of these three individuals."
0 comments: