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    Sepp Blatter sold World Cup rights for 600k:Mark Pieth

    Sepp Blatter has taken the concept of mate's rates to a new level according to former FIFA anti-corruption adviser Mark Pieth.

    Pieth says Blatter should face a criminal investigation for selling under-valued World Cup television rights to Jack Warner.

    Pieth, a Swiss professor of criminal law, says "Blatter has to defend himself against a form of embezzlement charges."

    Swiss broadcaster SRF has published a Blatter-signed FIFA contract from 2005 that gives the Warner-controlled Caribbean Football Union rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups for $600,000.

    Warner reportedly sold the rights through a family company for around $20 million.

    Now indicted in a U.S. probe of soccer corruption, Warner previously claimed he secured cheap World Cup rights for helping Blatter win presidential elections.

    A separate Swiss case targets "criminal mismanagement" at FIFA.


    Pieth says: "They have prima facie evidence. That means they have to open an investigation."
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