In the cases of Messrs Niersbach and Sandrock, the FUT Coins investigatory chamber will investigate a possible failure to report a breach of the FIFA Code of Ethics, which could constitute a breach of art 13 (General rules of conduct), art 15 (Loyalty), art 18 (Duty of disclosure, cooperating and reporting) and art 19 (Conflicts of interest) of the FCE."The list of possible violations may be supplemented as additional information becomes available."
It also said the chairman of the investigatory chamber, Dr Cornel Borbely, will lead the investigation proceedings.Beckenbauer last October denied allegations by German news weekly der Spiegel that a payment of 6.7million euros to
FIFA in 2005 was connected to a slush fund used to secure the 2006 World Cup.Beckenbauer said in a statement the bid committee had made ''a mistake'' over the money but that ''no votes were bought''.He and Niersbach - who resigned in November as DFB president - said the money was paid in order to secure further FIFA funding.The DFB hired international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to investigate the matter.
The resulting report from Freshfields this Cheap FIFA Coins month said: ''We cannot prove that votes were bought, but we cannot rule this out either.'' Qatar may house World Cup fans in Bedouin-style tents | Daily Mail Online.