Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A2 free May 2000 digest school Day 6 Index foods la fairs to pm i laths c8 in d3 sports pet 06 prime time lotteries continued from a1 provincial auditor Jon Singleton was scathing in his assessment of macs spending practices in a report released saying government policies were flouted and the Public was Given inaccurate information about the True Cost of the expansion at club Regent and Mcphillips Street this will cause a breakdown of peo Ples Confidence in Public he those of us who Are charged with managing Public Money have a Spe Cial responsibility to be diligent when spending and that was not always the Case in this the investigation came in response to a series of allegations brought to sin Gleton following the defeat of the tories and the appointment of an nip Board of directors in Singleton said Mac misled the Public by claiming the Casino renovations would Cost Only million when the final Tab ended up being but the most damaging findings involve the Way Funk and other executives spent Money on their entertain ment and travel the Deputy attorney general has asked Winnipeg police to investigate the reports including the Circum stances surrounding Funk and another executive allegedly purchasing their company vehicles for far less than the Market one car Worth More Ihan was sold for less than and a car Worth almost was Sola for the car Videon continued from a1 its not known How Long the snooping was going but some Videon customers were complaining about sluggish performance during most of last Eby said that indicates the system May have been under if someone is rerouting it slows things he As late As Videon maintained no confidential information was com but documents obtained by the free press suggest the provided by people claiming inside knowledge of the Inci the user names and pass words of dozens of Videon along with details of their online Active like one users visit to the chapters online several people whose passwords and user names appear on a list confirmed they Are Videon customers and that their personal information is Videon Vic president Debra Jonas Sonyoung refused yesterday to say if passwords have been taken or if there had been a Security Jonas Sonyoung would say Only there was suspicious activity last week and that Videon is monitoring the i cant rightly answer she said when asked if Videon has been i dont know if anything has been com late last Videon emailed its customers a message that admitted something had happened on its according to one the hackers appear to have used a so called sniffer program to go through videos online traffic and pull out valuable information like More sensitive items like credit card numbers could also have been taken if people sent them by email or other unsecured so sources in the computer com Jaunity Uay it Doest appear that the information collected has been widely distributed or used personal information on Videon customers 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account claims of in a nine month period from april to executives were not required to submit receipts with their expenses and was classified As unsupported by the auditor because no supporting documents could be Singleton i in executives earned air line Reward Points through the use of corporate credit one manager earned the executives were allowed to use their Points for personal i senior managers had a Stock of High end Golf equipment purchased As prizes for their personal one executive claimed the equipment valued at was used by Mac staff to test its i few controls were in place for those who used 340 concert tickets for Shania Elton and Ricky or 150 hockey and baseball season that were supposed to be for promotional portion spent on repairs for one car and for the other prior to their Revenue Canada has been informed of what appears to be undeclared Bene fits relating to the car the audit shows that in a nine month period in the senior managers charged almost on their expense just Over was not supported by receipts violating government a group of nine Mac staff spent going to a convention in Las vegas last More than was approved for the in Funk asked those who attended the event to repay about of the single ton also criticized the use of expensive business class tickets that Cost almost apiece for the the executives were also singled out for collecting More than airline travel Points on Mac credit cards and being allowed to use the Points for per Sonal controls Over entertainment expenses Are essentially single ton Singleton made 15 recommendations to Correct what he referred to As the troubling practices at most Call for increased accountability and trans Premier Gary doer said he is Dis Turbed by the we think those Are extremely serious he the Public will hold a number of people accountable and will want us to clean it who Hasi been 6h medical leave since could not be reached for comment he has retained lawyer Randy Mcnicol to represent Mcnicol said last night that Funk will be suing the province and members of the doer government for wrongful Dis Funk is of the opinion that this is a carefully orchestrated Witch Hunt that is politically he this has taken a tremendous toll on him and his Funk was the head of Mac through the and is credited As being the Mastermind behind the transformation of the corporation from a glorified Bingo Hall operator to a major source of government questions still remain about who in government is responsible former Premier Gary who hired that the tories had no knowledge of the internal spending problems when they were in but he stopped Short of blaming the tory appointed i dont think we were i think we just simply we rent informed on a timely he said it was not brought to the Cabinet University of Manitoba political scientist Paul who was brought in As chairman of the Manitoba Telephone system now Manitoba telecoms ser vices following a series of scandals at the former Crown said it is tempting to pin the Mac problems on the but he said there is an entire system in government that is supposed to be monitoring crowns including the Provin Cial at one time i could count no less than 12 agencies that we its were account Able to either directly or he there is no shortage of people who should have been watching for one person who should have played a key role in keeping Mac accountable refused to be interviewed for the invest Singleton said former woman Marvelle Mcpherson would not meet with Singleton said he could have compelled Mcpherson to be but elected not Diane Mcgifford minister responsible for said there will be no repercussions for Mcpherson and the other former Board a report on the state of relations Between staff and management at Mac is expect to be completed in the coming Canadas wellness store for pop it who Matr full from Popli who Eon devices to assist with Dally living activities 9492300 385550 Century spas Baths for sparkling Clear water chlorine Coupon specials 6kg granular 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