Blatter and Platini charged due to fraud

The former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and the former UEFA boss Michel Platini have been charged with a million payment of the fraud.

The Swiss Federal Prosecutor s Office accuses the two ex-peak officials, unlawfully to have obtained a payment of two million Swiss francs from the Football World Association to the French Platini. The evidence raised by the BA did the suspicion that this payment took place at Platini without a legal basis. This payment was damaged by the FIFA in the assets and enriched PLATINI unlawfully, says Tuesday s announcement in a communication of the Tuesday s authority.

The core of the procedure is the payment of two million francs (1.86 million euros) of the then of Blatter FIFA at Platini from 2011. The money received Platini for consultant activities for FIFA between 1998 and 2002, Blatter wrote in a statement. Bladter Spokesman Thomas Renggli said that the relevant social security contributions were billed in the payment, and that Platini has paid taxes for the amount in Switzerland.

Allegations always denied

The Federal Prosecutor said, however, at its investigation, that Platini agreed as a leaves counselor between 1998 and 2002 as a leaves counselor between 1998 and 2002 and received an annual compensation of 300,000 Swiss francs. Eight years after the end of this activity, Platini has demanded the two million francs and get by the FIFA with the participation of blood.

The criminal folders also throw blatter (85) misappropriation, untrue business and personalized faith. Platini (65) has to answer for the help.

The FIFA ethics committee had blocked Blatter and Platini six years ago, for both sanctioned sanction later in the duration meant the end of their careers. Blatter, however, had previously announced his retreat from the FIFA tip. The allegations have always been denied.