A man has been charged after allegedly defrauding a registered club of more than $200,000.
In August 2019, detectives from South Coast Police District commenced an investigation after a club in the Jervis Bay area reported anomalies in financial records.
Following extensive inquiries, investigators arrested a 29-year-old man at Nowra Police Station yesterday (Thursday 12 March 2020). He was charged with dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception.
Police will allege the man, who was employed as a financial officer at the time, removed money from the safe, made fraudulent entries through a promotions scheme and failed to bank large sums of cash, defrauding the club of more than $200,000 between July 2018 and August 2019.
The man's employment was terminated in August 2019.
He was granted conditional bail and is due to appear at Nowra Local Court on 27 April 2020.
Inquiries are continuing.
