GREATER Western Sydney recruiting assistant Paul Brodie has been suspended from the AFL for 13 months after being found guilty of placing a multi-bet on five matches last season.

Brodie breached AFL rules by placing a $100 head-to-head multi-bet on five round 19 games, including the Giants' clash against Essendon.

The successful bet returned $945 and was detected by the AFL’s integrity department.

Following an investigation, Brodie has been suspended from the competition until December 1, 2016 and has tendered his resignation to the Giants.

He will have to reapply for registration as a club official after serving his ban, should he choose to re-enter the AFL system.

Brodie has led the Giants’ recruiting team this year after the departure of former list manager Stephen Silvagni last year.

He has worked closely with football boss Graeme Allan in identifying the Giants’ next crop of draft prospects, and was a central part of its trade period as it maneuvered its way to attaining more selections to pay for its two star academy selections this year – Matthew Kennedy and Jacob Hopper.

He had been tipped in the industry of making a move to the Blues at the end of the season to reunite with Silvagni. He worked at Carlton in a recruiting role in the late 1990s.

In a statement released by GWS, Brodie said he regretted breaching the AFL's rules in relation to betting on AFL matches.

"I have made a mistake which has let the club down, let down my family and friends, and let myself down," he said.

"I am very sorry for the lack of respect I have shown for the rules and principles that maintain the integrity of our game.

"I will accept whatever sanction is imposed on me as an appropriate penalty. I have learned a serious lesson and hope others can also learn from my mistake."

Giants CEO David Matthews said any contravention of the games rules around integrity was a serious matter.

"The rules relating to betting are clear within the AFL competition," Matthews said.

"Paul knows he made a very poor error of judgement and as such we have accepted his resignation.

"Any action that has the potential to undermine the game's integrity is clearly unacceptable and the consequences are rightly severe."

AFL general counsel Andrew Dillon said the game would continue to act strongly in areas where officials, coaches, players, administrators or umpires were involved in betting activities against AFL rules.

"At all times, players, coaches and senior officials are expressly prohibited from any betting involving AFL matches or events,” Dillon said.

“The AFL will continue to rigorously examine all betting activity across all betting agencies to ensure the rules are fully complied with at all times, and this breach was discovered through the AFL’s competition integrity department pro-actively monitoring cash betting activity."