{"id":1144657,"date":"2022-07-08T09:45:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T09:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/08\/sepp-blatter-and-michel-platini-are-cleared-by-swiss-court-after-a-six-year-investigation-for-fraud\/"},"modified":"2022-07-08T09:45:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T09:45:47","slug":"sepp-blatter-and-michel-platini-are-cleared-by-swiss-court-after-a-six-year-investigation-for-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/08\/sepp-blatter-and-michel-platini-are-cleared-by-swiss-court-after-a-six-year-investigation-for-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Sepp Blatter And Michel Platini Are Cleared By Swiss Court After a Six-year Investigation For Fraud |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and France footballing legend Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, was cleared of fraud by the Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona.<\/p>\n<p>Platini, a former France national team captain and manager, was also acquitted of fraud. The two, once among the most powerful figures in global soccer, had denied the charges against them.<\/p>\n<p>Those charges were placed against their name in November following an investigation launched by prosecutors in 2015 into a payment of two million Swiss francs (\u00a31.6m) arranged by Blatter to be paid to Platini by FIFA in February 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The case saw Blatter forced to end his 17-year reign as FIFA president in 2015 and dashed hopes of former France midfielder Platini of succeeding him. Platini was forced to quit UEFA in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking outside the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on Friday morning, Blatter said: &#8216;I am not innocent in my life but in this case I am innocent!&#8217;, and he and Platini have now been acquitted.<\/p>\n<p>After the verdict was delivered, Platini said he will be going after &#8216;culprits&#8217; that led to the case being put against him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In this case, there are culprits who did not appear during this trial,&#8217; the 1984 Euros winner said.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_home_topstory\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(17, 97, 142); font-weight: bold;\"><br \/>\nRead Full Story &#8230;.<br \/>\nDailymail.co.uk >>><br \/>\n<\/span> : \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: Dailymail.co.uk<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of .  accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. 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