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Swiss court upholds ex-FIFA official Valcke's corruption conviction
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Switzerland's Federal Supreme Court has rejected appeals and upheld the 2022 conviction of former FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke for bribery and forgery related to World Cup media rights. Valcke received a suspended 11-month prison sentence for accepting bribes to aid companies in securing broadcasting deals in Italy and Greece. In a related case, Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was acquitted of charges involving the same former official.