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Top two FIFA officials hire lawyers as Swiss probe bank transactions

Yahoo! Sports | June 18, 2015

Related Topics: Karolin, Olsztyn, FIFA, Switzerland, Sepp Blatter, David

By Karolin Schaps and David Ingram

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BERNE/NEW YORK (Reuters) - FIFA's embattled president, Sepp Blatter, and his second-in-command have hired high-powered lawyers to represent them, two sources said as a corruption probe engulfs soccer's global governing body with Swiss authorities identifying suspicious bank transactions.

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