GENEVA (AP) - Sepp Blatter's $12 million bonus from the 2014 World Cup and yet another police raid for evidence of financial crimes at FIFA revealed the turmoil at soccer's world body was far from over.
Blatter $M bonuses, police raid revealed in FIFA turmoil
The scale of Blatter's pay deal at the end of his 17-year presidency was finally confirmed by FIFA itself in a stunning opening of its financial books on Friday.
The now-banned Blatter and two recently fired top officials - secretary general Jerome Valcke and finance director Markus Kattner - awarded themselves raises, bonuses, and future golden handshakes totaling tens of millions of dollars.