Sunday 20 September 2015 11:20, UK
FIFA's financial records keepers have launched an internal review of services performed for the governing body, according to a Swiss newspaper.
KPMG Switzerland spokesman Andreas Hammer has told SonntagsZeitung that financial record-keeping that the company performed for FIFA is being investigated after an agreement with its parent company KPMG International.
KPMG Switzerland has been responsible for auditing FIFA's financial reports since 1999 and, should it discover any irregularities in the ongoing investigation, the auditor is bound by law to report them.
Hammer declined to comment on the allegations against FIFA officials by the U.S. Department of Justice, and contended that those charges were primarily focused on activities that had "no direct effect on the statutory financial reports of FIFA".
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Swiss Attorney General's Office are still heavily embroiled in an investigation into alleged corruption within FIFA, after the indictment of 14 senior officials and sports marketing executives in May.
Last week, FIFA put Jerome Valcke, its second-highest ranking official, on leave after an ex-footballer alleged that he was involved in a plan to resell 2014 World Cup tickets for a lucrative profit.
It is understood that secretary general Valcke tried to secure a pay-off of several million pounds from FIFA just a week before he was suspended last Thursday, pending an investigation into the above allegations. He has denied any wrongdoing.
