Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini indicted for fraud in Switzerland
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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, former presidents of FIFA and UEFA, respectively, were indicted for fraud in Switzerland on Tuesday, according to the country's attorney general.
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) accuses both men of unlawfully arranging a payment of 2 million Swiss Francs (current value US $2.19 million) from FIFA to Platini.
The attorney general laid out the alleged offenses in an online statement, which said that "between 1998 and 2002, Michel Platini worked as a consultant for the then FIFA President Joseph Blatter.
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