FIFA lodges criminal complaint against Blatter over football museum

FIFA lodges criminal complaint against Blatter over football museum
Above, the FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich, Switzerland before its official opening. (Keystone via AP)
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Updated 22 December 2020
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FIFA lodges criminal complaint against Blatter over football museum

FIFA lodges criminal complaint against Blatter over football museum
  • Criminal complaint filed with Zurich’s cantonal prosecutor

GENEVA: FIFA on Tuesday announced it had filed a criminal complaint against former president Sepp Blatter over the finances of its museum in Zurich.
In a statement FIFA said it had “lodged a criminal complaint with Zurich’s cantonal prosecutor as evidence of suspected criminal mismanagement by FIFA’s former management and companies appointed by them in relation to the (museum) has surfaced.”