Platini acknowledged receipt of 2 million francs from the head of FIFA Joseph Blatter – RBC

UEFA President Michel Platini

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The President of European Football Associations (UEFA) Michel Platini confirmed the receipt of the head of FIFA Joseph Blatter 2 million Swiss francs – this payment the Swiss prosecutor’s office considers illegal. Today Platini was questioned as a witness in the case of corruption in FIFA, a defendant who is her Blatter.

«As for payment, I would like to say that this amount relates to the work that I carried out in accordance with the contract with FIFA, and I am glad that I was able to clarify all the issues with the authorities. Today I also made it clear that since I was in Switzerland, is willing to cooperate with the investigation at any time “, – quotes the statement Platini sports journalist Martin Ziegler on his page on Twitter.

On Friday, prosecutors Swiss raided at the headquarters of FIFA and Blatter’s office. The criminal case against him was filed on September 24. Blatter pedyavili charges on two counts: criminal negligence and theft.

The police suspect the president of FIFA that in 2011 he had made improper payments by transferring the current head of UEFA Michel Platini 2 million Swiss francs. The funds were paid as payment for the work that Platini held from 1999 to 2002 (from 2002 Michel Platini was a member of the executive committee of UEFA and FIFA).

The Swiss prosecutor’s office also alleges that in September 2005, Blatter signed FIFA disadvantageous contract with the Caribbean Football Union. This organization then led by Jack Warner, the principal defendant in the scandal of bribes to FIFA.

The corruption trial began in late May 2015. American law enforcement officers accused of a number of senior FIFA officials of extortion and fraud. Seven people have been arrested in Switzerland at the request of the United States. The investigation alleges that from the beginning of the 1990s, the amount of corruption in the top leadership of FIFA amounted to $ 150 million. The former vice-president of FIFA and the head of the Caribbean Jack Warner football organization is the main defendant in the investigation. He is suspected that it has received $ 10 million for the fact that South Africa select country – the mistress of the 2010 World Cup.