FIFA on
Monday slapped a lifetime ban on the disgraced former boss of Brazilian
football, Jose Maria Marin, after a US court convicted him of massive
corruption.
The
86-year-old Marin was one of the key figures swept up in the graft scandal that
began with a series of stunning arrests in 2015 and subsequently upended world
football.
He had
already been sentenced to four years in a US prison after a court in New York
found him guilty in connection with nearly $6.6 million in bribes from sports
marketing companies in exchange for contracts to broadcast major tournaments.
But the
decision from FIFA’s independent ethics judges definitively confirms that Marin
is finished in football.
FIFA’s
ethics committee said in a statement that Marin had participated in various
bribery schemes.
Judges
“banned him for life from all football-related activities (administrative,
sports or any other) at both national and international level,” a FIFA statement
said.
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