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The Swiss criminal investigation, which had already charged Joseph Blatter, former FIFA president, on this same issue, decided to do so on Friday with Platini as suspected of complicity, mismanagement and forgery of documents.
Former UEFA President Michel Platini will be investigated by Swiss justice for “unfair management” and “diversion of funds” following a traceless payment of $2 million that the European body made to FIFA in 2011.La Swiss criminal investigation, which had already charged Joseph Blatter, former FIFA president, for the same issue for the same issue , decided to do so on Friday with Platini as suspected of complicity, mismanagement and forgery of documents. Both Platini and Blatter have denied their involvement in that payment and are unaware of the matter. However, Swiss prosecutors continue to investigate 84-year-old Blatter since September 2015 into the scandal that pulled him out of the FIFA presidency. The European Court of Human Rights last March confirmed a four-year, now overdue disqualification applied to Platini by the FIFA Ethics Committee because it was related to the case.
