Swiss prosecutors end case against Blatter, Platini

The first trial was in 2022 on charges of fraud, forgery, mismanagement and misappropriation of more than $2 million of FIFA money in 2011.

The payment of FIFA money to Platini emerged in 2015 during federal investigations of international soccer officials by federal investigators in the United States and Switzerland.

The allegations, which were not proven twice in Swiss courts, removed both men from office and led to elections in 2016 that installed Gianni Infantino as FIFA president and Aleksander Ceferin as UEFA president.

Swiss prosecutors said on Thursday that by accepting the appeal court verdicts, it "is closing another chapter in the complex procedures related to football."