FIFA bans Panamanian Alvarado for life for bribery

Ariel Alvarado, a Panamanian who was a member of FIFA's ethics committee, has been banned from football for life, the governing body announced on Thursday.

FIFA's adjudicatory chamber said in a statement Alvarado was "guilty of bribery in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics."
The statement said in calculating the fine "the Panel took into consideration the undue pecuniary advantages offered and accepted by Mr Alvarado as bribes ($230,000)" and decided the amount should both "have a preventative effect" and "be higher than the benefit Mr Alvarado obtained."