Jérôme Valcke switched off immediately from his post as secretary general of the International Football Association, FIFA.
The Frenchman accused of having sold tickets Black during the 2014 World Cup .
“FIFA has attracted attention on a series of suspicions regarding the Secretary-General and has demanded a formal investigation of the ethics committee,” the organization said in a statement published on fifa.com.
previous ticketing partners have accused Valcke to have provided him with tickets to the World Cup in Brazil in 2014 to sell on the black market, to three times the original price.
Something that he, through a statement issued by his US lawyer Barry Berke , denies to have taken place.
Jérôme Valcke has been general secretary for eight years under Sepp Blatter.
Earlier in the day decided to Switzerland to extradite Eugenio Figueredo, former vice president of FIFA, to USA . 83-year-old Figueredo, requested the extradition of the US in July, is accused of being involved in the bribery scandal surrounding the FIFA and in addition to falsely to have received US citizenship.
The Uruguay-born Figueredo was one of seven football big shots like was arrested in Zurich in connection with the FIFA Congress in the spring, and faces prison for 20 years. He has 30 days to appeal the extradition decision.
Another five men involved in Fifa scandal waiting for the Swiss Justice
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