Swiss court clears two former big names in world soccer, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, of fraud charges
Former FIFA and UEFA Presidents Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted of fraud, forgery and mismanagement in a court in Switzerland on Friday.
The trial centered on a payment made by FIFA, world soccer's governing body, to Platini in 2011. At the time, Platini was President of UEFA, European soccer's governing body.The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland accused both men of unlawfully arranging the payment of 2 million Swiss Francs .
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