Daniel Sturridge has been banned for six weeks and fined £75k after being charged with a breach of betting rules regarding a possible loan move in January.
The verdict was delivered on Thursday after a lengthy inquiry was conducted by the FA, before announcing a misconduct charge last November that Sturridge vehemently denied.
Rules on betting normally result in heavy sanctions by the FA, with Joey Barton being banned for 18 months last year after accepting an FA charge relating to 1,260 bets over 10 years.
Now, as revealed in an FA statement, an independent commission has found Sturridge guilty and the striker will be unable to partake in football-related activity for allegedly passing on 'information relating to football which the participant obtained by virtue of his or her position'.