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The Latest: FIFA in turmoil again over $80M claim

ZURICH (AP) - The Latest on the FIFA investigation (all times local):

2.40 p.m.

Three weeks after new FIFA President Gianni Infantino claimed that "the crisis is over," the turmoil rocking soccer's world governing body continues.

FIFA said Friday that former top officials Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner awarded themselves pay rises and World Cup bonuses totaling $80 million over their last five years in office.

The contracted payments appear to break Swiss law, and evidence will be given to American and Swiss federal prosecutors who are investigating corruption implicating the world soccer body, lawyers for FIFA said Friday.

FIFA revealed details of the contracts of its former president Blatter, fired former secretary general Valcke and fired finance director Kattner one day after police raided FIFA to seize evidence for the Swiss investigation.

The raid included searches in the office of Kattner who was fired last week.

Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber opened criminal proceedings against Blatter last September, and against Valcke in March.

Both are suspected of criminal mismanagement of FIFA money. Blatter and Valcke deny wrongdoing but were banned for six and 12 years, respectively, by FIFA's ethics committee.

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2014 file photo FIFA President Sepp Blatter attends a news conference in Marrakech, Morocco. Swiss attorney general's office confirms new raid Friday June 3, 21016, on FIFA, in ongoing investigations of Blatter and former FIFA secretary general Valcke. Both Blatter and Valcke deny wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, FILE) The Associated Press
FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, FIFA's Markus Kattner, listens during a conference in Moscow on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Last week, FIFA fired its long-time finance officer Markus Kattner over alleged irregular bonus payments totaling millions of dollars, and it is announced Friday June 3, 2016, that investigators in Switzerland have raided FIFA offices again, searching for further evidence of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former secretary general Jerome Valcke. Blatter and Valcke both deny wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, FILE) The Associated Press
FILE - In this file photo dated Feb. 18, 2014, Former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke speaks during a news conference for the 2014 World Cup in Florianopolis, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. The Swiss attorney general's office confirms new raids on FIFA offices Friday June 3, 21016, in ongoing investigations of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former FIFA secretary general Valcke. Both Blatter and Valcke deny wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, FILE) The Associated Press
FILE - This Dec. 2, 2015 file photo shows the logo at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. The federal prosecution office says Friday, June 3, 2016, of the search on Thursday that "documents and electronic data were seized and will now be examined to determine their relevance to the ongoing proceedings." (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP) The Associated Press
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