Ex-FIFA officials banned for life

FIFA's independent Ethics Committee have banned former high-ranking officials Luis Bedoya and Sergio Jadue for life from all football-related activities. 

In December, it was announced that the US Department of Justice announced Bedoya and Jadue – both ex-CONMEBOL vice-presidents – had waived indictment and pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy.

Their guilty pleas related to receving bribes from sports marketing companies in relation to the awarding of marketing rights for the Copa Libertadores and the Copa America.

Jadue, a former President of the Chilean FA, and Bedoya, a former President of the Colombian FA, are now banned from working in any capacity in future. 

A FIFA statement read: “The adjudicatory chamber found Mr Jadue and Mr Bedoya guilty of violating acts 13 (general rules of conduct), 15 (loyalty), 18 (duty of disclosure, cooperation and reporting), 19 (conflicts of interest) and 21 (bribery and corruption) of the FIFA Code of Ethics. As a consequence, both officials have been banned for life from all football-related activities.

“The bans come into force upon notification of the decisions.”