{"id":14602,"date":"2012-09-14T04:20:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T02:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/rugby-argentine-union-takes-former-employees-to-court-over-fraud\/"},"modified":"2012-09-14T04:20:32","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T02:20:32","slug":"rugby-argentine-union-takes-former-employees-to-court-over-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-argentine-union-takes-former-employees-to-court-over-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Argentine union takes former employees to court over fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BUENOS AIRES, Sept 13<\/span> (Reuters) – Argentina’s Pumas could
\nhave done without the potential damage to their image in their
\ndebut season in The Rugby Championship of a financial scandal at
\nthe heart of the governing UAR union.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The UAR has revealed a case of fraud perpetrated by two
\nformer employees, an accountant and a purchases manager, for a
\nreported sum of two million Argentine pesos ($429,100) in
\ncheques with forged signatures between May 2011 and March 2012.<\/p>\n

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The Pumas meet Australia on the Gold Coast on Saturday in
\ntheir fourth appearance in the southern hemisphere’s elite
\ntournament after drawing at home to South Africa and losing away
\nto the Springboks and also world champions New Zealand.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Argentine Rugby Union’s board of directors, through
\ngeneral manager Damian Diaz, has on this date (Wednesday Sept.
\n12) brought legal charges against two ex employees…for
\nfraudulent administration,” the UAR said in a statement.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Manuel Galindo, head of the UAR’s high performance centres,
\nsaid he did not think the scandal would affect the UAR’s image
\nwith championship organisers Sanzar.<\/p>\n

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“I am disappointed and angry because this has happened at
\nthe most important moment in Argentine rugby with the Pumas
\nplaying in The Rugby Championship,” Galindo told the state news
\nagency Telam.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m confident this won’t affect our image because we acted
\nquickly and seriously,” he was quoted as saying in Thursday’s
\nsports daily Ole.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Diaz said the fraud has been discovered as the UAR, an
\namateur organisation, moved to become more professional to meet
\nthe demands of playing in a top level international tournament.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“All these changes are being made to support the game, the
\ngrass roots and the national team… The UAR is dependable, the
\nPumas are dependable,” he said.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

($1 = 4.6612 Argentine pesos)<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Rex Gowar; Editing by Ken Ferris)<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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