Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 17, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Win mpg free May 2000 local a lottery scandal could see More fired Funk associates face i investigation from Cash Souris new Home for portrait of Queen Elizabeth by Doug Narne f ormer Manitoba lotteries ceo Bill Funk and two other senior executives of the embattled Crown corporation face investigation by their professional and officials say More Heads could Roll As the fallout continues at the lotteries provincial auditor Jon Singleton said he will Send a copy of his report on Finan Cial mismanage ment at Mac to the Institute of chartered based on his belief that there is sufficient evidence of misconduct to War rant a ill leave it to the Institute to investigate and 4 decide whether this should be referred to their professional conduct he like most proves Cas have a self policing and members have certain codes of con duct that they Are required to abide s senior Vic president and chief operating officer Peter Hak and vice president for finance and administration Brian Stepnuk Are All Funk 1 was fired monday but the other two men remain on the until Hak was acting a spokesman for the Institute of chartered accountants was not available to comment Funk political scandals its not the first time High profile accountants with connections to the i provincial government have faced a pro 9 fess ional earlier this Julian Benson and Gordon Mcfarlane were fined apiece for their role in the 1995 vote Rig Ging one of the biggest political scandals to hit the Mac chairwoman Bev Suek said More people May still lose their jobs Over the corporations Finan Cial i we will be looking at who else we need to she Suek said the new Board found a near absence of any spending controls or poli a cies for macs Ive been associated with much Small m or organizations that had much More us substantial monitoring in place than r what we found at she in his report released sin Gleton found evidence executives at Mac gave themselves lavish Perks like business class air travel and generous expense two managers made sweetheart deals to Purchase their leased company cars for far less than l Market the auditor also found government policies on filing expenses were not being followed and that the Public was misled about the Cost of expanding Street station and club Winnipeg police have been asked to look at All aspects of the report to see if criminal charge should be Diane minister responsible for said the corporation ran i itself under a unique set of rules As Long As it kept pumping Money into the government baronial estate b 1 i would describe this corporation As being run like a baronial estate with a once a year Cheque to the Liege she that is the sum of Money going to lotteries provides million in Rev Enue Suek and Mcgifford held a press con Ference yesterday outline a nun apr of controls put in place at the measures include requiring Board approval for out of province travel and putting a hold on entertain the government has also moved to refinance macs which is held by the Royal about million of the debt was run up in the period of the Casino Suek said Winston Hodgins will remain As acting Mac president and ceo for six a permanent replacement will be debate still raged yesterday about who should be blamed for Crown corporations financial former Board member Ken Cooper ing politics with the report to make the lie said there were Only Zsinor Cost overruns Aad Tot the Audi Tor it running up the is Mem by incl Dirig go Tara but even Mac has acknowledged that f i04 1 Souris i bursts Oftay go to England to see the Queen but will they go to Souris residents of the southwestern town Hope the monarchist league is giving a new Home to a painting of Queen catholics Selling property some Catholic organizations in Mani Toba Are on the Brink of bankruptcy while they struggle to pay settlements to former residential school Catholic churches in Manitoba Are Selling off property to pay for some of the Legal 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