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FIFA goes after Blatter, Platini in bid to recover illicit funds
    2019-12-18  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

WORLD soccer’s governing body FIFA on Monday filed claims in Swiss court seeking to recover 2 million Swiss francs (US$2.03 million) that it said were paid inappropriately by ex-FIFA President Joseph “Sepp” Blatter to former French soccer star Michel Platini.

“FIFA has today filed claims in the relevant Swiss court against former FIFA President Joseph Blatter and former FIFA Vice President Michel Platini, seeking restitution of the 2 million francs unduly paid to Mr. Platini back in February 2011,” FIFA said, adding it was “duty-bound to try to recover the funds illicitly paid by one former official to another.”

Blatter and Platini have maintained they did nothing wrong amid what became part of the biggest corruption scandal to shake the world soccer’s governing body, resulting in numerous prosecutions and convictions in the U.S. They were both banned from soccer in late 2015 over a payment of 2 million Swiss francs made to the Frenchman by FIFA with Blatter’s approval in 2011 for work he had done a decade earlier.

Platini, the head of European soccer body UEFA from 2007 to 2015, was originally banned from all soccer-related activities for eight years, though the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) later reduced the suspension to four years. His ban ended this year.

(SD-Agencies)

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