Swiss prosecutor drops probe into Blatter’s TV deal with Warner
July 12 – It has been a good few days for former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who on Friday was acquitted of fraud charges over the CHF2 million payment by FIFA to Michel Platini and has now reportedly had a criminal investigation against him over the award of a World Cup television contract to former Concacaf president Jack Warner dropped by the Swiss public prosecutor’s office.
Le Monde quotes a prosecutor’s office statement saying: “We confirm that the MPC has communicated to the parties that it considers the criminal investigation to be complete and ready to be closed and that it intends to close the procedure concerning this set of facts.”
The case concerns a $1 million loan FIFA made to the Trinidad &
The post Swiss prosecutor drops probe into Blatter’s TV deal with Warner appeared first on Inside World Football.