Former Costa Rican FA president Li banned for life

Following an investigation by FIFA's Ethics
Committee, Eduardo Li, former president of the
Costa Rican FA, has been banned for life.
Eduardo Li, the former president of the Costa Rican
Football Association, has been banned from all football-
related activities for life.
An investigation led by FIFA's independent Ethics
Committee found the official guilty of violating
numerous aspects of the governing body's Code of
Ethics.
Having been monitored since May 2015, Li pleaded
guilty in October 2016 to one count of racketeering
conspiracy, one count of wire fraud and one count of
wire fraud conspiracy, relating to bribes received from
sports marketing companies.
In a statement on Friday, the Ethics Committee
announced that the proceedings have come to a close
and Li has been handed a lifetime ban from the game
at both national and international level.
He had violated articles 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 Code of Ethics.