Qatar’s BeIN sports chief Nasser al-Khelaifi indicted for FIFA World Cup rights
Friday 21/February/2020 - 01:25 PM
Former FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke and the
chairman of the BeIN media group Nasser al-Khelaifi have been charged in
connection with the award of media rights to various FIFA World Cup and
Confederations Cup football tournaments, the Swiss Attorney-General’s office
(OAG) said Thursday.
Valcke was charged with accepting bribes, several
counts of aggravated criminal mismanagement and falsification of documents, the
OAG said in a statement. Al-Khelaifi and a third person, an unnamed
businessman, were charged with inciting Valcke to commit aggravated criminal
mismanagement.
