Wow.. Blatter, Valcke and Kattner Awarded Themselves 55 Million Pounds
Jum'at, 03 Juni 2016 - 21:36 WIB
Wow.. Blatter, Valcke and Kattner Awarded Themselves 55 Million Pounds
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ZURICH - Three high ranking former FIFA officials namely Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner awarded themselves pay rises and World Cup bonuses totalling $80 million (£55 million) over their last five years in office.
Lawyers for FIFA said, the contracted payments appear to break Swiss law, and evidence will be given to American and Swiss federal prosecutors who are investigating corruption implicating the world soccer body.
“The evidence appears to reveal a coordinated effort by three former top officials of FIFA to enrich themselves through annual salary increases, World Cup bonuses and other incentives totalling more than 79 million Swiss Francs in just the last five years,” said Bill Burck of Quinn Emanuel, US law firm retained by FIFA during its corruption crisis.
As reported The Guardians, FIFA revealed, details of the contracts of its former president Blatter, former secretary general Valcke and former finance director Kattner one day after police raided FIFA to seize evidence for the Swiss investigation. The raid included searches in the office of Kattner, who was fired last week.
Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber opened criminal proceedings against Blatter last September, and against Valcke in March. Both are suspected of criminal mismanagement of FIFA money. Blatter and Valcke deny wrongdoing but were banned for six and 12 years, respectively, by FIFA ethics committee.
No additional criminal proceedings have been opened against Kattner.
“Additionally, FIFA will refer the matter of these contracts and payments to the Ethics Committee for its review,” FIFA said in a statement.
Lawyers for FIFA said, the contracted payments appear to break Swiss law, and evidence will be given to American and Swiss federal prosecutors who are investigating corruption implicating the world soccer body.
“The evidence appears to reveal a coordinated effort by three former top officials of FIFA to enrich themselves through annual salary increases, World Cup bonuses and other incentives totalling more than 79 million Swiss Francs in just the last five years,” said Bill Burck of Quinn Emanuel, US law firm retained by FIFA during its corruption crisis.
As reported The Guardians, FIFA revealed, details of the contracts of its former president Blatter, former secretary general Valcke and former finance director Kattner one day after police raided FIFA to seize evidence for the Swiss investigation. The raid included searches in the office of Kattner, who was fired last week.
Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber opened criminal proceedings against Blatter last September, and against Valcke in March. Both are suspected of criminal mismanagement of FIFA money. Blatter and Valcke deny wrongdoing but were banned for six and 12 years, respectively, by FIFA ethics committee.
No additional criminal proceedings have been opened against Kattner.
“Additionally, FIFA will refer the matter of these contracts and payments to the Ethics Committee for its review,” FIFA said in a statement.
(rnz)
