Police raid offices of Eels' player managers
Three Sydney offices belonging to NRL player agents have been raided by police as part of an investigation into the Parramatta salary cap scandal.
Four player managers are being talked to by officers from the NSW Fraud and Cybercrime Squad, including Wayne Beavis who has Jarryd Hayne on his books.
The other managers were Samy Ayoub, George Mimis and Paul Sutton.
It is a major development in the ongoing Parramatta Eels salary cap scandal.
The reason for the raids is to seize all contracts for players, past and present.
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At present there is no suggestion of wrongdoing by any of these agents and no arrests are expected.
"A planned police operation is underway at businesses in Sydney CBD, Woollahra and Leichhardt," a police spokesperson said.
"The search warrants are part of an investigation under Strike Force Rhodium by the State Crime Command’s Fraud and Cybercrime Squad.
"No arrests are expected at this time."
Beavis released a statement saying he would help police in their investigation.
"Wayne Beavis has and continues to co-operate with the Police and provided all relevant assistance requested as part of the investigation," he said.
Police are looking into whether any false invoices were submitted and paid and whether any fraud or money laundering offences have been committed by the club.
The raids are part of the investigation into the Eels systematic rorting of the salary cap that saw the club heavily penalised this year.
In the fallout the club's board was sacked, they lost 12 competition points and were fined $1 million.
A spokesman for the NRL said the Integrity Unity review of Player Agents is well advanced and a report is expected to be provided to the Player Agents Committee soon.
The Eels were rocked earlier this year after being stripped 12 competition points and fined $1 million for systemic cheating of the NRL salary cap over a period of three years.
It resulted in the sacking of their entire Eels board, as well as then-CEO John Boulous and football general manager Daniel Anderson.
Former chairman Steve Sharp, deputy Tom Issa and director Peter Serrao were the other three involved in rorting of the cap.
Parramatta has been sought for comment.
The developments come one day after Eels chairman Max Donnelly proposed a raft of extraordinary governance changes to members in a bid to start the 2017 on a clean slate.
Recently appointed CEO Bernie Gurr is also set to begin in his role on Monday.