FIFA boss Blatter faces criminal proceedings: Swiss prosecutor
There is suspicion he misapproriated funds and violated his duties as head of world football's governing body

A picture taken on July 20, 2015 shows FIFA president Sepp Blatter gesturing during a press conference at the football's world body headquarter's in Zurich. PHOTO: AFP
"Swiss criminal proceedings against the President of FIFA, Mr. Joseph Blatter, have been opened on 24 September 2015 on suspicion of criminal mismanagement...and - alternatively - misappropriation," said a statement from Switzerland's attorney general's office.
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"There is as suspicion that...Joseph Blatter also violated his fiduciary duties" to FIFA in connection with a contract with the Caribbean Football Union, the statement further said.
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