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FIFA Bans for Life 2 Officials for Financial Wrongdoing when Presidents of Soccer Federations
FIFA said Jaleel misused COVID-19 Relief Plan money for personal benefit and ordered him to pay a 1 million Swiss franc fine.
- On Friday, FIFA imposed lifetime bans on former Football Association of Maldives President Bassam Adeel Jaleel and former Montserrat Football Association president Vincent Cassell for financial misconduct.
- Jaleel is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for embezzling $1.2 million in FIFA Covid-19 Relief Plan funds, which he reportedly used to purchase private apartments.
- Cassell and MFA General Secretary Tandica Hughes faced charges including "abuse of position, systemic conflicts of interest," prompting FIFA to install emergency management in Montserrat due to institutional paralysis.
- FIFA also banned former FAM finance director Mohamed Ageel for 10 years and Hughes for 15 years, with fines reaching $1.23 million for Jaleel and $184,000 for Hughes.
- Both officials were previously sanctioned in 2011 by the FIFA Ethics Committee regarding $40,000 in cash payments linked to Mohamed bin Hammam's failed challenge against Sepp Blatter.
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FIFA judges vetoed for life two former presidents of football federations for financial misconduct, including one who remained in office since he was sanctioned in 2011 as part of a notorious electoral bribery scandal in the Caribbean.
·El Segundo, United States
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FIFA gives ex-Maldives FA chief lifetime ban for misusing ...
·London, United Kingdom
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They are from countries in the Caribbean and Asia, and pleaded guilty to the accusations.The former president of the Maldives was sentenced to 23 years in prison.In the meantime, Gianni Infantino continues to divide the planet regarding his re-election.
·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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FIFA suspended two former presidents of football associations for life due to financial fraud, the World Football Federation announced.
·Belgrade, Serbia
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