The creator of an explosive report into alleged racism on the Hawthorn Football Club has been hit with greater than 70 felony expenses centring on a Victorian Indigenous organisation.
Former Richmond participant Phil Egan, 60, faces 73 expenses, together with acquiring monetary benefit by deception, utilizing false paperwork, and receiving secret commissions after a fraud investigation into his involvement with the Murray Valley Aboriginal Cooperative.
Victoria Police confirmed on Thursday that Mr Egan, who has beforehand denied any wrongdoing, would face the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court subsequent week and mentioned the costs associated to alleged actions from 2010-2015.
Mr Egan, who performed greater than 100 video games for Richmond throughout eight seasons, was the previous chief govt of the Murray Valley Aboriginal Collective, which is predicated within the Murray Valley city of Robinvale, about 5 hours north of Melbourne.
In December, The Herald Sun reported that Mr Egan was being investigated by police over claims he took a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars} from the organisation.
In February, the ABC reported that Mr Egan was “confident” no expenses could be laid in relation to the investigation.
“This investigation is not an opinion-based one … it’s about documents and it’s about truth and I am 100 per cent confident my documents will hold up against these inquiries,” Mr Egan is quoted as saying.
Mr Egan led a bombshell evaluate into previous incidents of alleged racism on the Hawthorn Football Club, referred to internally as a “cultural safety review”, after former premiership star and Indigenous man Cyril Rioli went public with experiences of racism on the AFL powerhouse.
Source: www.news.com.au
