WRAPUP 2-Blatter hires counsel as Swiss FIFA probe eyes bank transactions
June 17, 2015 at 19:24 PM EDT
BERNE, June 17 (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter, FIFA's embattled president, has hired a high-powered U.S. lawyer to represent him, a source said on Wednesday as a corruption probe engulfs soccer's global governing body with Swiss authorities identifying suspicious bank transactions.