30 December 2015, 14:09 GMT
MOSCOW, January 5 (Sputnik) – The head of the investigatory chamber of FIFA’s Ethics Committee has recommended the organization’s secretary general, Jerome Valcke, be banned from football-related activities for nine years and fined over $16,000, according to a FIFA press release published Tuesday.
"[T]he chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee recommended imposing a sanction of a nine-year ban and a fine of CHF 100,000 on Mr Valcke for alleged violation of the general rules of conduct (art. 13 of the FIFA Code of Ethics (FCE)), loyalty (art. 15 FCE), confidentiality (art. 16 FCE), duty of disclosure, cooperation and reporting (art. 18 FCE), conflicts of interest (art. 19 FCE), offering and accepting gifts and other benefits (art. 20 FCE) and general obligation to collaborate (art. 42 FCE)," the press release reads.
Valcke was suspended from his duties in September for 90 days while investigations continued into allegations of his participation in violations.
