Abu Nayeem Shohag, General Secretary of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), has been sanctioned by FIFA's adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee, stated a FIFA media release on Friday.

Shohag has been issued with a two-year ban from taking part in all football-related activities and ordered to pay a fine of approximately BDT 12 lakh (CHF 10,000) for having used false and/or falsified documents to justify payments made by the BFF with FIFA funds.

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FIFA’s findings behind two-year ban on BFF GS Shohag

As per the investigations conducted by FIFA, Shohag had breached articles 13 (General duties), 15 (Duty of loyalty) and 24 (Forgery and falsification) of the FIFA Code of Ethics, 2020 edition.