{"id":139198,"date":"2020-12-22T15:39:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T12:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fifa-accuses-sepp-blatter-of-criminal-mismanagement\/"},"modified":"2020-12-22T15:39:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T12:39:01","slug":"fifa-accuses-sepp-blatter-of-criminal-mismanagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fifa-accuses-sepp-blatter-of-criminal-mismanagement\/","title":{"rendered":"#FIFA accuses Sepp Blatter of ‘criminal mismanagement’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#FIFA accuses Sepp Blatter of ‘criminal mismanagement’<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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FIFA on Tuesday accused former president Sepp Blatter and others of \u201ccriminal mismanagement\u201d over their handling of a $565 million museum project.<\/p>\n

Soccer\u2019s worldwide governing body said it filed a criminal complaint with the state prosecutor in its home base of Zurich, Switzerland after finding that Blatter and other former managers wasted 500 million Swiss francs \u201cthat could and should have been channeled into the development of global football.\u201d<\/p>\n

The complaint grew out of a forensic audit of the Zurich museum project that Blatter set up, which uncovered \u201ca wide range of suspicious circumstances and management failures, some of which may be criminal in nature,\u201d said FIFA Deputy Secretary General<\/a> Alasdair Bell.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came to the conclusion that we had no choice other than to report the case to state prosecutors, not least because the current management of FIFA also has fiduciary responsibilities to the organization and we intend to live up to them, even if those before us dismally failed to,\u201d Bell said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Blatter\u2019s lawyer, Lorenz Erni, shot down the allegations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe accusations are baseless and are vehemently repudiated,\u201d Erni said.<\/p>\n

Blatter\u2019s administration spent 140 million francs (roughly $158 million) renovating and refurbishing the Haus zur Enge in downtown Zurich \u2014 home to the FIFA World Football Museum \u2014 even though the body did not own the building, FIFA alleged. <\/p>\n

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General view on the exhibition hall of the FIFA World Football Museum<\/figcaption>
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The organization also locked itself into a long-term rental agreement with \u201cunfavorable terms\u201d that will cost FIFA 360 million francs (about $407 million) by the time it expires in 2045, according to FIFA officials.<\/p>\n

The allegations come about five years after FIFA removed Blatter from office after 17 years amid allegations of bribery and corruption in the world\u2019s most popular sport.<\/p>\n

FIFA officials said they will submit all the documents in the museum case to the body\u2019s independent ethics committee so it can take up its own investigation if warranted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, FIFA will continue to cooperate with the authorities in Switzerland and elsewhere so that those people who damaged football are held accountable for their actions,\u201d the organization said.<\/p>\n

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