The FIFA ethics committee announced today that it has launched a formal investigation into bribery and corruption allegations pertaining to former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, reported the Associated Press.This past December, Blatter received an eight-year suspension from soccer—later reduced to six years—after an investigation into his role in a $2 million "disloyal payment" to former vice president Michel Platini.The investigation comes after documents were unearthed in June that implicate Blatter, former secretary general Jerome Valcke, and former deputy secretary general Markus Kattner in upwards of $80 million in unmerited pay raises and bonuses. Lawyers for FIFA described the payments as "a coordinated effort by three former top officials of FIFA to enrich themselves." All three former FIFA officials will be investigated.In addition to announcing the investigations, FIFA also fined former vice president Jeffrey Webb $1.02 million in a separate bribery case, and banned him for life. Webb, in November, plead guilty to charges of racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering.It remains unclear, however, whether the FIFA proceedings aim to recover the money paid to Blatter, Valcke, and Kattner.