On Fox Sports the conference is on and this is basically what is being said: (im typing as it goes so sorry for mistakes).
- 2007 breach was over 500k
- 2009 breach was over 1mil
- original estimate for 2010 was 700k but it is well over 1m
- There was no alternative but to accept that club will not play for points because the Investigation has confirmed tough penalites are warranted.
- Fans did nothing wrong, family, many employees and many player's did nothing wrong.
- The club engaged in wide ranging and elaborate cheating.
- A small group of senior mangers orchestrated and concealed extra payments, all up
5 manager were directly involved or slightly involvled including, waldren, hanson, gregory, osullivan, vale.
- Only vale cooperated in the investiagtion.
- Main methods used to cheat was paying players in 3rd party agreements through Unity Foundation, some companies in the Mcmanus Group (run by andrew mcmanus), no evidence was found that the unity or mcmanus new they were contributing to the club cheating the club.
- They would pay the players and write invoices saying donations and consulting fee's.
- Other back door payments involved small amounts over a long period and also free flights, gift vouchers, fully maintained cars that werent fully disclosed.
- A total of 13 players, (7 current and 6 past) were involved - NO EVIDENCE FOUND THAT PLAYERS NEW.
- Players were Chamber, Cronk, Geyer, Jhonston, Kafusi, Slater, Smith, Turner, White, Crocker, Hoffman, Inglis, Quin
- No managers or agents new either.
- NOT ONE of the current players agreed to coperate with the investigation!
- Craig Bellamy did cooperate.
- Losses due to this was losses of 14million.
- So over 3.17m or 80% more than first thought.
