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Sepp Blatter's IT data among FIFA files seized by Swiss AG

The computer data seized includes technical reports about the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process.

The Swiss Attorney General's office on Wednesday “seized IT data” from multiple high-ranking FIFA officials, including president Sepp Blatter, it confirmed to the BBC.

Blatter's computer data was collected along with that of general secretary Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner, FIFA's head of finance, though FIFA denied that the collection was "a raid," according to the BBC.

IT data said to include 2018/22 technical reports files. Offices of Blatter, Valcke + Kattner part of data collection.