Fifa has banned its former secretary-general Jerome Valcke from all football-related activity for 12 years.
FIFA had in January fired Valcke amid alleged corruption involving World Cup ticket sales, travel expenses policies and regulations.
Mr Valcke was accused of deliberately trying to obstruct the ongoing proceedings against him by attempting to delete or deleting several files.
Report from BBC Sport says ''Valcke's lawyer said his client had done absolutely nothing wrong''.
The lawyer's statement said: "With today's decision, the Fifa ethics committee has shown that it is not a credible, independent or objective decision-making body.
"In reaching an entirely unsupported, unjust and politically motivated decision, it wholly ignored the uncontroverted and exculpatory evidence that had been presented to it.
"Mr Valcke is confident that when all the facts come out, it will be clear that he did absolutely nothing wrong in carrying out his duties for the good of Fifa and the sport."
In September last year Valcke was put on leave and released from his duties until further notice after Fifa had "been made aware of a series of allegations" involving him.
His dismissal was confirmed in January and Fifa recommended he be banned from football for nine years.
Regarding the 12-year ban imposed on Friday, a Fifa statement said: "Amongst other things, the adjudicatory chamber found that a sports marketing firm had gained an undue advantage from the selling of World Cup tickets.
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