- Accused of taking funds on April 28
An worker on the Australian Turf Membership has been arrested and charged with allegedly stealing $22,000 in money from a secure at Royal Randwick Racecourse.
Charles Weston Jones was pushed away by authorities after they had been referred to as to the scene of the alleged theft.
Police had been reportedly notified after the membership reviewed CCTV footage from an space close to the secure.
The imaginative and prescient allegedly revealed the workers member stuffing a bag with money, in keeping with the Sydney Morning Herald.
Jones’ alleged theft was uncovered as a part of an inner investigation overseen by ATC chief government Steve McMahon.
The theft accusation was made after hundreds of {dollars} price of things had been allegedly taken from the membership’s premises with out permission.
The alleged theft befell at Randwick Racecourse (pictured)
The accused offender will entrance court docket once more on Could 27
‘About 12pm on Tuesday 28 April 2026, officers connected to Jap Seashores Police Space Command had been referred to as to a venue on Alison Street, Randwick, after greater than $20,000 was allegedly stolen from the enterprise secure,’ NSW Police stated in a press release.
‘Following inquiries, police arrested a 61-year-old male worker on the scene, seizing $22,000 money.
‘He was taken to Maroubra Police Station the place he was charged with steal property as clerk/servant over $15,000.’
Round 12 members of workers have left the organisation following the membership investigation into the opposite allegedly lacking funds, the publication stated.
McMahon has defended the tradition inside the membership.
‘The ATC has in latest months proactively seemed into many corners of the enterprise to get rid of cases of unacceptable behaviours,’ McMahon stated.
‘Many of those points date again a number of years and have make clear a earlier tradition, which we’re absolutely decided to alter.
‘The overwhelming majority of workers are skilled, hard-working and do the suitable factor, however we should take away the small variety of folks doing the fallacious factor.
‘The workers who’ve left the ATC characterize lower than one per cent of our total workforce, who preserve excessive requirements and a delight in working for the membership and its members.
‘While incidents like these are usually not unusual in giant venues and sporting stadiums, the ATC will proceed to stamp out the few dangerous eggs for a stronger and more healthy enterprise.’
The ATC has now additionally launched proceedings towards Jones within the NSW Supreme Courtroom in a bid to freeze his checking account.
Jones has been granted conditional bail and can seem earlier than Waverley Native Courtroom on Could 27.
