News Muncher - searching for investigation

Geneva: FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has been quizzed by two Swiss prosecutors appointed to take over an investigation into his alleged secret meetings with the country’s former prosecution chief, one of the magistrates confirmed to AFP on Wednesday. “However, I do not comment on the time, scope and purpose of this hearing.” Earlier Wednesday, news outlets Le Monde and Sueddeutsche …

Swiss parliament lifts immunity of former legal chief Michael Lauber in FIFA investigation

Swiss parliament lifts immunity of Michael Lauber in FIFA investigation

A Swiss parliamentary committee on Monday decided to waive Attorney General Michael Lauber's immunity, paving the way for special prosecutor Stefan Keller to open criminal proceedings against Lauber over his handling of a high-profile FIFA investigation. “Attorney General Michael Lauber is being suspected of abuse of office, violating confidentiality and favouritism by holding several non-recorded meetings with FIFA President Gianni …

FIFA chief ethics investigator Maria Claudia Rojas ruled that not even a provisional suspension from duty for Infantino was required. Geneva: FIFA president Gianni Infantino can continue in office while under criminal investigation in Switzerland, the football body’s ethics committee ruled on Wednesday. Preliminary investigations into Infantino’s conduct — relating to his undisclosed meetings with Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber …

FIFA president Gianni Infantino can continue in office while under criminal investigation in Switzerland, the football body’s ethics committee ruled on Wednesday. Preliminary investigations into Infantino’s conduct — relating to his undisclosed meetings with Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber and taking a private flight on FIFA business from the Caribbean to Geneva — have been closed. In a statement published …

Fifa Swiss Infantino Criminal Investigation Lauber Ethics Body

GENEVA — FIFA president Gianni Infantino can continue in office while under criminal investigation in Switzerland, the soccer body’s ethics committee ruled Wednesday. Preliminary investigations into Infantino’s conduct -- relating to his undisclosed meetings with Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber and taking a private flight on FIFA business from the Caribbean to Geneva -- have been closed. In a statement …

Swiss special prosecutor launches criminal investigation into FIFA president Gianni Infantino

Keller opened a criminal case against Infantino as well as Valais prosecutor Rinaldo Arnold, and has sought authorization to open a legal case against Lauber, too. Geneva: A criminal case against FIFA president Gianni Infantino was opened Thursday by a Swiss special prosecutor. The special prosecutor, Stefan Keller, closed an investigation into two complaints involving Infantino and attorney general Michael …

GENEVA — Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber offered to resign Friday minutes before a federal court upheld allegations he lied about a meeting he had with FIFA president Gianni Infantino during a sprawling investigation into soccer corruption. “However, the fact that I am not believed as the attorney general is detrimental to the federal prosecution office,” Lauber said in a …

Lauber offered his resignation to the parliamentary judicial commission ahead of the publication of a federal court ruling in his appeal against being disciplined in March for misconduct. Geneva: Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber offered to resign Friday in the latest fallout from meetings he had with FIFA president Gianni Infantino during a sprawling investigation into football corruption. In 2018, …

Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber offered to resign on Friday in the latest fallout from meetings he had with FIFA president Gianni Infantino during a sprawling investigation into football corruption. Lauber offered his resignation to the parliamentary judicial commission ahead of the publication of a federal court ruling in his appeal against being disciplined in March for misconduct. Lauber had …

GENEVA — A special prosecutor has been appointed in Switzerland to assess complaints about alleged criminal conduct when attorney general Michael Lauber had undisclosed meetings with FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Lauber and Infantino met twice in 2016, soon after the FIFA president was elected, and again in June 2017 while the attorney general controlled a sprawling investigation into corruption linked …