UPDATE: SMH has just posted an update to the vote rigging story.
Key findings:
186 memberships were tampered with to varying degrees, from backdating genuine memberships on the club database (members must be financial for three years to vote) to the fraudulent creation of new memberships;
46 people with memberships found to have been tampered with attended this year's annual general meeting on May 5, where a raft of resolutions proposed by the PLC board were defeated and chairman Steve Sharp was heckled. The 46 accounted for more than 20 per cent of the total attendees at the AGM;
33 of the members had memberships that were not paid as required by the Registered Clubs Act, not board approved as required by the club constitution, had their joining dates backdated permitting them to vote, had a photograph that was not taken at the club as required, and swiped their card and were shown on CCTV footage to have attended the AGM;
12 of those 46 who attended the AGM asked on the night to be given a new membership card with a new photo, according to statements from club employees and membership records.
The tampering of records is understood to have mainly taken place on April 4 and April 5, 2013, just weeks before the PLC elections on May 11, and the Eels investigation has found that the bulk of the transactions in question were conducted on a single club laptop computer. It has also been discovered that an additional card printer was purchased, leading those involved in the inquiry to believe that much of the fradulent activity took place remotely.
ORIGINAL THREAD: I've just written a piece for the news section:
http://www.1eyedeel.com/profiles/blogs/vote-rigging-investigation-turned-over-to-police-201406271400
But audio of Hadley here:
http://www.2gb.com/audioplayer/51101#.U6zob5SSzAk
I believe there was more later in the show but haven't had a chance to listen. If anyone does and can point to where it was discussed, please do!
http://www.2gb.com/audioplayer/51091 (full show)
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It goes to show the lengths to which this certain person will go to regain power.
I hope that the full force of the police comes down on him. The sooner we can get rid of this kind
of rubbish behavior from our board, the more successful we will be.
The club is bigger than the individual.
Some people need to learn this the hard way.
I hope all of the scum that pulls this great club down are finally vanished forever.
Bill Moss has be to on the board, a no brainer. Every other club would bend over backwards to have him involved.
DISGRACEFUL ALLEGED BEHAVIOUR FOR ROY SPAGNOLO, but more of the same, what can anybody expect from somebody like Roy, it doesnt take a genius to work out what Spagnolo has been up to, and im not surprised that since this news broke all of roys supporters have go quiet, some are being as quiet as a mouse, others are saying they never supported him in the first place, very weak stuff.
I've seen Spagnolo at the past few Eels games, sitting amongst us regular people. No longer seen perched in his private box.
Roy and his supporters should be banned from the club and stadium forever, a perma ban, especially every 'member' that had their membership back dated.
Mate, this is pretty serious fraud. Could be jail time as well. Can't say I'd be feeling any sympathy
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