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FIFA Grants Swiss Authorities Access to Valcke Emails

(ATR) FIFA has granted access to emails of suspended secretary general Jerome Valcke.

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A journalist stands in front of the FIFA headquarters on June 3, 2015 in Zurich. Blatter on June 2, 2015 resigned as president of FIFA as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body. The 79-year-old Swiss official, FIFA president for 17 years and only reelected on May 29, said a special congress would be called as soon as possible to elect a successor. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL BUHOLZER (Photo credit should read MICHAEL BUHOLZER/AFP/Getty Images)
A journalist stands in front of the FIFA headquarters on June 3, 2015 in Zurich. Blatter on June 2, 2015 resigned as president of FIFA as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body. The 79-year-old Swiss official, FIFA president for 17 years and only reelected on May 29, said a special congress would be called as soon as possible to elect a successor. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL BUHOLZER (Photo credit should read MICHAEL BUHOLZER/AFP/Getty Images)

(ATR) FIFA released emails of its suspended secretary general Jerome Valcke to Switzerland's Attorney General Michael Lauber on Thursday

Lauber was reported by Reuters on Thursday to have asked FIFA to grant access to Valcke email accounts as part of its ongoing probe into corruption allegations engulfing world football’s governing body.

Reiterating comments made yesterday, spokeswoman Delia Fischer told Around the Ringsearlier Thursday that FIFA was "committed to collaborating with the authorities ... it is an ongoing process."

Valcke was suspended last week amid allegations of his involvement in a 2014 World Cup ticketing scam. Sepp Blatter’s right-hand man was "put on leave and released from his duties" pending an investigation by the FIFA Ethics Committee.

The allegations, which the 54-year-old strongly denies, implicated the French official in a scheme to sell tickets at three times face value and take a cut of the profits.

Read the full story at World Football INSIDER.

Written by Mark Bisson

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