Stewart Regan: Alleged Green and Whyte link a â??very serious issueâ??

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Scottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan has described alleged links between former Rangers chief executive Charles Green and Craig Whyte are a "very serious issue".

 

The governing body will wait until the outcome of a report, commissioned by the Ibrox club before deciding any action is required.

 

In April the Ibrox side appointed investigators from Deloitte and Pinsent Masons to look into claims made by former owner Whyte over his relationship with Green during the change of ownership last summer.

 

Green resigned his position in April but "strenuously denied any wrongdoing".

 

Regan said: "We wrote to the club and expressed our concerns on a number of points related to the revelations in the press about the links between Craig Whyte and Charles Green.

 

"The matter was then handed over to Pinsent Masons under the stewardship of Roy Martin QC and we have agreed that we will wait until that report is concluded.

 

"The report is being done very much on an independent basis. The club have agreed to share the findings of that report with us so that we can get transparency on the questions that we asked.

 

"And until that comes out it's probably wrong to speculate on what might or might not happen."

 

In April 2012, the Scottish FA banned Whyte for life from "any participation" in Scottish football for a range of breaches of the association's rules and regulations.

 

The 42-year-old claims he was behind Sevco 5088, the company originally designated to subsequently purchase the assets and business of the club.

 

However Green says he and business partner Imran Ahmad, only told Whyte what he wanted to hear in order to secure a deal with the club's administrators.

 

Regan refused to be drawn over whether any alleged dealings would affect the clubâ??s eligibility to play football and the transfer of the club's Scottish FA membership to Green's new company, which was agreed last summer.

 

"It's unfair to comment on what may or may not have happened on Rangers," said the Scottish FA chief executive.

 

"It's clearly a very serious issue. The club is aware of how serious it is and we have been in discussions with the board of Rangers on that particular point.

 

"That's why they have taken the step of appointing Roy Martin QC and Pinsents to come back with the information we seek.

 

"We fully expect those questions to be answered by the nature of the report. The clubs have shared terms of reference for the investigation and it's a very thorough investigation.

 

"We're expecting the report in the near future."

 

http://sport.stv.tv/football/226102-stewart-regan-alleged-green-and-whyte-link-a-very-serious-issue/?

 

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[buba3d 0]

what the f, what action should be taken, if those bastards had done their job ie the fit and proper bullshit then this shit wouldn't be going down.

[Guest Dummiesoot]

So it is ok now to wait and see yet last year it was accept this punishment or else.

[54andcounting 0]

Can someone tell me who actually carries out these 'Fit and proper person tests'?

[Guest brytur]

Why did the SFA need to read the Press to find out about the supposed wrongdoings between Whyte and Green?

[bluebear54 0]

So, "probably wrong to speculate" and "it's unfair to comment on" yet he blabs as on to all and sundry about us.

This on the day of a decision about Hearts and a vote on restructuring.

By the way, where did the vote go? Haven't heard a peep yet.

This man is not fit for purpose.

[foggy dewhurst 0]

regans not up to the job thats plain to see anyone who's messed up the way he has would go and go now

[RANGERRAB 3,293]

regans not up to the job thats plain to see anyone who's messed up the way he has would go and go now

 

Regan is liewell's puppet in the SFA. Doncaster is Liewell's puppet in the SPL. Both do as instructed. That is the way Scottish football is nowadays and it is literally falling to pieces.

[der Berliner 3,280]

Just noted that when all seemed to be settled, the shyte-stirring goes on.

 

Rangers Green-Whyte probe in ‘new evidence’ delay

 

Published on 28/05/2013 08:29

 

AN investigation into alleged business links between Charles Green and Craig Whyte faces being delayed after it has emerged that new evidence could be presented to the probe.

 

• Investigation into alleged links between Charles Green and Craig Whyte faces delay

 

• Initial indications suggest Green has been cleared of wrongdoing in report

 

Claims that Craig Whyte has legal rights over Rangers assets following former chief executive Charles Green’s takeover last summer were due to be settled by the report in the next 48 hours.

 

Green maintains that Whyte was only a front for the takeover. Amid reports that the investigation, compiled by Pinsent Masons, was likely to clear Charles Green of any wrongdoing, Worthingon Group plc - the company acting on behalf of Whyte - wrote to the law firm on May 16 pledging to produce prima facie evidence of links between Green and Whyte. The Surrey-based firm loaned Whyte £3 million from their Jerome Pension Fund prior to the administration of Rangers in February 2012, and have agreed a deal to help Whyte pursue his legal bid.

 

An email was subsequently set to the law firm asking for the findings to the report to be delayed until a Letter before Claim on Rangers assets could be issued.

 

Worthington Group reported Green to the Serious Fraud Office over claims that, amid the £22 million share issue made last December, Green had failed to report that Whyte had contested ownership of club assets.

 

Scotsman

 

Sounds like the same tactic the shyster used before ...