ZURICH: Authorities looked the workplaces of France's football league and seized records to help a Swiss examination concerning previous FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Switzerland's prosecutor said on Wednesday.
The operation, did a day prior, was connected to a 2 million Swiss franc ($2 million) installment to France's Michel Platini at the heart of procedures against Blatter, Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said.
The 79-year-old previous head of world football's embarrassment tormented representing body said he was shocked by the inquiry by individuals from the French budgetary prosecutor's office.
Swiss prosecutors, who asked for the Paris look, said in September they had opened a criminal examination concerning Blatter on suspicion of criminal botch and misappropriation of assets, assertions he rejected.
Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini were both banned from football for a long time over the 2011 FIFA installment to Platini, made with Blatter's endorsement for work done 10 years before.
Both have denied any wrongdoing. "Records were seized regarding the associated installment with 2 million Swiss francs that is entomb alia the subject of the procedures," the Swiss prosecutor said in an announcement.
The French monetary prosecutor's office affirmed that the inquiry occurred, saying archives valuable to the Swiss examination were taken.
Platini's status in the Swiss procedures stays unaltered, the OAG said. More than 40 people and elements, including numerous previous FIFA authorities, have additionally been accused of defilement related offenses in the United States.
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