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FIFA chief Sepp Blatter under criminal investigation in Switzerland

Switzerland's attorney general opened criminal proceedings against FIFA President Sepp Blatter on Friday

According to the New York Times, Blatter will be charged with “suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation.” The newspaper said the case involves a contract Blatter signed that assigned valuable World Cup television rights to the control of an indicted former FIFA official, Jack Warner, according to a news release from the office of the Swiss attorney general.

Warner was charged by U.S. authorities in May as part of a 47-count indictment brought against nine high-ranking soccer officials and five sports marketers. The 14 were charged with racketeering, wire fraud and corruption, among other offenses.