A senior member of the Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has been cleared of taking bribes whilst handling the criminal investigation of world football’s governing body FIFA. But despite being cleared of criminal wrongdoing,Olivier Thormann will still be sacked as head of the OAGs white collar crime unit. Thormann had been investigated following a tip-off approximately alleged misconduct, which was made to his boss Michael Lauber in September. Former Zurich public prosecutor Ulrich Weder had been called in to find out if Thormann had committed breaches of official secrecy, and had accorded preferential treatment to FIFA or had accepted bribes. But Weder found that the there was no criminal case to reply,it was announced on Friday. However, the OAG confirmed to swissinfo.ch that Thormann would still be leaving the prosecutor’s office. “Attorney General Michael Lauber and Olivier Thormann hold agreed that the latter’s employment contract will be terminated. This step has been ...
Source: swissinfo.ch