Lawyers from FIFA claim Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner awarded themselves pay rises and World Cup bonuses totalling $80 million over five years.

The contracted payments appear to break Swiss law.

"The evidence appears to reveal a coordinated effort by three former top officials of FIFA to enrich themselves through annual salary increases, World Cup bonuses and other incentives totalling more than CHF 79 million -- in just the last five years," Bill Burck, a partner with Quinn Emanuel, said on FIFA's website.