FIFA Council member banned for selling World Cup tickets
FIFA has banned council member Lee Harmon for three months for reselling 2018 World Cup tickets, the world football governing body said Thursday. Harmon, who is also president of the Cook Islands Football Association and a vice-president of the Oceania confederation, had a plea deal ratified by the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA ethics committee.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 07 March 2019
- Modified Date: 03:13 | 07 March 2019
FIFA has banned an elected member of its ruling council from all soccer duty for three months for selling tickets to last year's World Cup.
FIFA says Lee Harmon of the Cook Islands will also pay a fine of 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,000).
The ban removes Harmon from two FIFA Council meetings, in Miami and Paris, and the annual Congress in Paris on June 5.
The vice president of the Oceania confederation has also been excluded from his regional body's annual meeting on Saturday in Auckland, New Zealand.