Wanted for fraud:- ex AFL Umpire

[rdhopkins2]

Can’t read it as it’s behind a paywall but this is huge if the allegations are true.

Accused of ripping off an ex-employer of around $8m!

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/could-end-up-in-bogota-request-for-australian-federal-police-to-add-exafl-umpire-troy-pannell-to-a-watchlist/news-story/822955d9424fe37ff8c46c72f52324d4?amp

 

[Kurve]

Troy Pannell.

 

[Aussie_boy]

Something about him always seemed off. I am struggling to see the connection to Bogota though, why go there?

 

[Kurve]

Something about him always seemed off. I am struggling to see the connection to Bogota though, why go there?

I think it just means he could end up anywhere and they put him on a watchlist.

Lawyers asked the Australian Federal Police to add Mr Pannell to a watchlist, saying the umpire – who has invested heavily in race horses and was at the centre of a free kicks furore in 2016 – could even end up “in Bogota”, the capital of Colombia.

 

[Earls Smother]

Something about him always seemed off. I am struggling to see the connection to Bogota though, why go there?

Ricciuto does have a point with the game he mentions.

2 umpires gave 11 free kicks to each side. Pannell gave 17-1, resulting in the overall figure of 28-12.

 

[rdhopkins2]

I believe AFL field umpires earn around $150k pa? Or at least the more experienced ones? That plus his other job means decent coin. Pure greed if the allegations are true.

 

[Aussie_boy]

I think it just means he could end up anywhere and they put him on a watchlist.

Lawyers asked the Australian Federal Police to add Mr Pannell to a watchlist, saying the umpire – who has invested heavily in race horses and was at the centre of a free kicks furore in 2016 – could even end up “in Bogota”, the capital of Colombia.

Ok that makes more sense, I just saw Bogota referred to a few times in various articles without any context.

 

[Anja_Nees]

I believe AFL field umpires earn around $150k pa? Or at least the more experienced ones? That plus his other job means decent coin. Pure greed if the allegations are true.

Even if he were flat broke, $8m is a boatload. Quite extraordinary. It’s not an uncommon scam but tens or hundreds of thousands is more common.

Understand he only got sprung because he had never registered his company for GST. Could have kept going even longer if he’d bothered.

 

[FR0GGY]

Ricciuto does have a point with the game he mentions.

2 umpires gave 11 free kicks to each side. Pannell gave 17-1, resulting in the overall figure of 28-12.

That’s definitely his worst crime to date.