"THE FIFA CORRUPTION FINALS": FIFA President Blatter To Face Criminal Proceedings - Switzerland's Attorney General

Sepp Blatter © Denis Balibouse / Reuters

The Swiss attorney general's office says it has opened a criminal procedure against FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who is suspected of theft. The FIFA HQ and the president’s office have been searched and data has been seized, it added.

Blatter is suspected of illegally paying the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) President Michel Platini 2 million Swiss francs out of FIFA’s resources, the Swiss statement said.

Platini himself provided evidence of this to the FIFA corruption case investigators, Reuters cites a law enforcement source as saying