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    Swiss prosecutor indicts Paris Saint-Germain boss in bribery case

    Source: France 24
    February 20, 2020 at 08:41
    File photo of Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi AFP - FRANCK FIFE
    File photo of Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi AFP - FRANCK FIFE

    Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi was charged Thursday by Swiss federal prosecutors in connection with a wider bribery investigation linked to World Cup television rights.

    The office of Switzerland’s attorney general filed an indictment charging Al-Khelaifi with inciting former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke “to commit aggravated criminal mismanagement.”

    Valcke was charged with accepting bribes, “several counts of aggravated criminal mismanagement … and falsification of documents.”

    A third person who was not identified was charged with bribery and also for inciting Valcke to commit aggravated criminal mismanagement.

    Al-Khelaifi is the head of Qatari broadcaster BeIN Sports and also a member of the UEFA executive committee. He denied wrongdoing after being questioned in 2017 and 2019 in connection with criminal proceedings opened three years ago.

    (AP)

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