But since the money was intended for FIFA, the prosecutor investigated the individuals pocketing it for criminal mismanagement and misappropriation.
Hunter defended his record after the audit was released on Jan . 17 noting that it cleared him of any criminal wrongdoing or misappropriation of union money.
In a statement, the Swiss attorney general's office said that Blatter is suspected of criminal mismanagement or misappropriation, regarding a television contract signed in 2005 with Jack Warner, who was then president of the Caribbean Football Union.
The 70-year-old chairman of Grupo Santander - which bought Abbey in November - and his two co-defendants, José María Amusátegui and Angel Corcóstegui, face charges of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of funds.
While misappropriation of the criminal law may seem to offer short-term gains to political actors, in the long run it undermines the legitimacy of government.
After arriving to question Blatter at Fifa's opulent Zurich HQ and seizing his computer, the office of the Swiss attorney general said it had opened proceedings against him "on suspicion of criminal mismanagement" and "suspicion of misappropriation".
The Swiss attorney general's office has launched an investigation into allegations of fraud, criminal mismanagement, money laundering and misappropriation involving Beckenbauer and two former presidents of Germany's football federation (DFB), Wolfgang Niersbach and Theo Zwanziger, in connection with its successful bid for the 2006 World Cup.
Mr Perez Escolar teamed up with Francisco Franco Otegi, an independent shareholder rights activist, to bring charges of misappropriation of funds and criminal mismanagement against Mr Botín for the Central Hispano severance payments.
"While I strongly disagree with some of the findings contained in the report, I am pleased it recognized that I have not engaged in criminal acts, nor was I involved in misappropriation of union funds," Hunter said.
And returning to Georgia was no longer an option: in a move that the US State Department described as "political retribution", the new Georgian government, led by Bidzina Ivanishvili, an oligarch with ties to Russia, initiated criminal proceedings against Saakashvili in July 2014 for alleged misappropriation of state funds and abuse of power.
The grounds are allegations of fraudulent accounting, forgery of documents, abuse of authority, misappropriation of property, money laundering and other criminal offences committed by the bank Snoras".
