In January 2016, Ahmed was provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council after a breach of their Anti-Corruption Code.
[2] In October 2018, he was charged with a further nine offences under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.
[3] In August 2019, the ICC banned him for life from all forms of cricket.
[4] The majority of the offences related to matches played by Hong Kong against Canada and Scotland during the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in New Zealand.
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