UEFA Prepares Criminal Complaint Against Infantino in Switzerland, Seeks FIFA Documents From US Courts

UEFA escalated its dispute with Gianni Infantino from public pressure to formal legal action. Court filings made Thursday in federal courts in Manhattan and southern Florida show UEFA's lawyers asking for permission to obtain testimony and documents from two Florida-based FIFA entities — FIFA (AMERICAS), Inc. and FWC2026 US, Inc. — for use in a planned criminal complaint against Infantino in Switzerland under Article 158 of the Swiss Criminal Code, which covers 'criminal mismanagement.' The filings target the abandoned plan to sell a 20% stake in a new World Cup commercial subsidiary, FIFA Forward Enterprise, to a group anchored by Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital for $4.2 billion — a price UEFA's lawyers called a 'fraudulently off-market price promoted by Infantino for his own benefit,' arguing it was neither competitively auctioned nor independently valued. UEFA said it was suspending its earlier boycott threat 'on a provisional basis' pending the legal process. Infantino scrapped the stake-sale plan on Aug 1 after the boycott threat; UEFA had first signaled possible legal action on Aug 3.