Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter Fraud Trial Set for June
This will be the final hearing in a long-running saga that began in 2011 and stems from a payment from FIFA to Platini of 2 million Swiss Francs (1.8m euros) for consultancy services
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA chief Michel Platini will appear before Swiss prosecutors on charges of fraud between 8-22 June, the criminal court concerned said on Tuesday.
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This will be the final hearing in a long-running saga that began in 2011 and stems from a payment from FIFA to Platini of 2 million Swiss Francs (1.8m euros) for consultancy services.
The pair are also being investigated for"disloyal management", “breach of trust" and “forgery of securities".
Blatter was forced to stand down from FIFA in 2015 and the governing body of world football banned him for eight years, later reduced to six.
The three-time Ballon d’Or winner Platini was suspended from all football-related activities for four years.
The pair are to be questioned one last time before the investigation is concluded.
The charges could carry sentences of five years in jail.
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