Rupinder Bains breached the FA’s conflicts of interest policy when she failed to declare she was working for a Cayman Islands-based consortium on an aborted takeover of Crystal Palace, an investigation has found.
The FA launched a probe into Bains last month after Mail Sport revealed she had worked with a group on a £185million bid for the south London club in 2020.
Bains, who became the FA’s first Asian board member when she was appointed in 2017, stepped down as a director this month as part of a restructure. The FA probe concluded last night and they declined to say what disciplinary action they would have taken had Bains not left.