FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Michael Platini have been charged with fraud and other offences by Swiss prosecutors following a six-year investigation into a $2million payment.Blatter, 85, and former UEFA president Platini, 65, now face a trial at a federal criminal court in Bellinzona. "This payment damaged Fifa’s assets and unlawfully enriched Platini," Swiss federal prosecutors said in a statement.The case from September 2015 ended Blatter's long tenure as FIFA president and cut short then-UEFA president Platini's bid to succeed the veteran Swiss.The investigation centres on Platini's alleged written submission to FIFA in January 2011 to be paid backdated extra salary for his work as a presidential adviser during Blatter's first term as.
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