In November 2021, Blatter and Platini were charged with fraud and other offenses in Switzerland, six years after the OAG launched its investigation into the pair.
Blatter is accused of "fraud, in the alternative of misappropriation, in the further alternative of criminal mismanagement as well as of forgery of a document."
Platini is accused of fraud, misappropriation, participating in criminal mismanagement as an accomplice, and forgery of a document.
The charges relate to a 2011 payment of $2 million, authorized by Blatter, to Platini.
The OAG investigation found that Platini had demanded the payment for his work as a FIFA consultant between 1998 and 2002. Platini had agreed at the time to an annual salary for the work, approved by Blatter, of around $300,000. However amid financial problems in the early 2000s, FIFA was unable pay Platini in full. He did not pursue the outstanding debt until January 2011, when he sent FIFA an invoice and was paid 10 days later.