NRL Side Parramatta Eels Investigate Alleged Vote Rigging, Suspected Records Theft

The National Rugby League Parramatta Eels "are investigating the systematic tampering of memberships" in the lead-up to last year’s Parramatta Leagues Club elections and "a break-in and suspected theft of their records," according to Chris Barrett of the CANBERRA TIMES. The off-field probe has found that up to 150 memberships "were covertly entered into their database and backdated by three years in a ploy that gave those members automatic voting rights." The tampering is alleged to have been carried out on club computers on April 4-5, "mostly in the three hours between 6am and 9am when the Parramatta Leagues Club is not open." In a further development, the Eels "have called in police after a break-in and the alleged theft of records last week from their archives facility nearby the club headquarters" (CANBERRA TIMES, 5/28).