Blatter, Valcke and Kattner awarded themselves £55m, say Fifa lawyers
Source: The Guardian and agencies
The sheer scale of corruption at the top of Fifa was revealed on Friday when lawyers said that three high-ranking former officials - Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner - had awarded themselves pay rises and World Cup bonuses totalling 79m Swiss francs (£55m).
The lawyers acting for Fifa said the contracted payments were made during the officials’ last five years in office and appeared to violate Swiss law. Evidence will now be given to the US justice department and to Swiss federal prosecutors who are investigating the corruption scandal engulfing the world’s football 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 79m Swiss francs in just the last five years,” said Bill Burck of Quinn Emanuel, the US law firm retained by Fifa during its corruption crisis.
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. It is understood that Blatter got £23.3m, Valcke £22.9m and Kattner £9.5m.
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Luke Harding and agencies
Friday 3 June 2016 15.16 BST
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