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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