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FIFA opens bribery case against Sepp Blatter, 2 others

GENEVA (AP) - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is now facing a bribery case.

The FIFA ethics committee said Friday it opened formal proceedings against Blatter, former secretary general Jerome Valcke and former finance director Markus Kattner over million-dollar payments in their contracts - some of which were approved by other senior FIFA officials.

FIFA revealed in June, after Kattner was fired, that the three men agreed to pay themselves bonuses worth tens of millions of dollars from World Cup profits.

Then, lawyers acting for FIFA described evidence suggesting "a coordinated effort by three former top officials of FIFA to enrich themselves.