FIFA, the governing body of global soccer, announced on Monday that the man who controlled its finances for the last eight months had been fired for violating his fiduciary duty to the organization.
The dismissal of that official, Markus Kattner, came almost exactly a year after American authorities announced a far-reaching corruption case focused on world soccer that has continually upended the sport’s leadership.
Mr. Kattner stepped in as FIFA’s secretary general last fall, after American and Swiss authorities announced continuing criminal investigations into world soccer. In a statement on Monday, FIFA noted its cooperation with the investigating authorities and provided no further detail on the suspected wrongdoing by Mr.