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DFB logo at the headquarters in Frankfurt am Main
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The public prosecutor's office in Frankfurt am Main is investigating suspected infidelity against a former representative of the German Football Association.
The authority confirmed house searches in the DFB headquarters, the private apartment of the former official and in the offices of five companies on Thursday.
First, the ZDF reported on the house searches.
“A former representative of the DFB is said to have concluded a service contract with a communications agency on behalf of the DFB.
Based on this contract, the DFB is said to have paid a total of 360,000 euros to the communications agency," said the public prosecutor.
"The contract is said to have been a mere sham contract."
The authority did not name the former official.
Because of the suspicion of aiding and abetting infidelity, a person responsible for the communications agency is also being investigated.
A total of around 70 officers were involved in the searches in Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg, Berlin and Bremen.
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