Olympic Council fella Pat Hickey Arrested in Rio

smurgen

CFlat wrote: »

Am I missing something here? Why would the FBI be interested with alleged ticket touting in Brazil? It's not their jurisdiction.

Maybe money passed through countries that are on embargo lists.or was handled by people on embargo lists.

Muff Richardson

marienbad wrote: »

Sure because of who he is there is bound to be a huge reaction . I have just found the level of vitriol ( even by internet standards) astonishing .

He is after all a fairly minor figure in Irish life that has a temporary prominence every four years .

If the likes of John Giles had been arrested for similar accusations there would be public outcry and support for the man, Hickey has very few supporters other than his closest associates and those in power...ask yourself why, the athletes themselves have no sympathy either.

Andalucia

they say a picture paints a thousand words but maybe its just me or was Pat Hickey that smug - every picture I see of him has that kind of smug smirk of a man you would love to box the head off of him

hardly be that smug when he gets out of Bangu - biggest disappointment was that he didn't have his head shaved

how are the OCI going to fund the cost of extended stay and accomodation for the OCI 3 and Hickey

the police have Hickey by the stones whatever way you look at it - there he is lying ont he 11th August in the RTE interview with Bromwell - email evidence proves this

tickets are only a means to an end - money laundering looks to be the end state here - could do with Rio police drip feeding some more emails

Arcade_Tryer

Steve wrote: »

I have a few million air miles behind me, first class on a trip like that is like going to a spa and being pampered for 24hrs, coach is like being put in prison.

The bitterest part is, how many days did you and I have to work in order to generate the 15 grand tax for the ticket that we taxpayers paid for? Not to mention the three hotel rooms he needed...

People give out about the lower echelons of society and their sense of 'entitlement' being reprehensible. Their €40 claim for whatever is well put into perspective by this debacle.

Finally someone says it!

Spot on.

Stheno

He's getting release but under house arrest

CMOTDibbler

Andalucia wrote: »

tickets are only a means to an end - money laundering looks to be the end state here - could do with Rio police drip feeding some more emails

Sorry to disappoint you but money laundering in the context they are using means 'gouging' or selling tickets at inflated prices.

Arcade_Tryer

Stheno wrote: »

He's getting release but under house arrest

House arrest or 7 star luxury hotel room arrest?

LorMal

Arcade_Tryer wrote: »

House arrest or 7 star luxury hotel room arrest?

1 bed apartment arrest.

CMOTDibbler

flutered wrote: »

do you believe the last sentence that you wrote, if so google will have you change your mind, dine with putin, get dosh from the coffers of irish paid tax and distribute it around eastern europe when there were more pressing humanatarian causes in ireland

As a matter of interest how much money did he get from Irish taxpayers?

Stheno

LorMal wrote: »

1 bed apartment arrest.

Yep he's not allowed be under house arrest in a hotel
Mmallon didn't get as strict a condition

Arcade_Tryer

LorMal wrote: »

1 bed apartment arrest.

1 bed? Inhumane.

Disgraceful the way he is being treated.

LorMal

smurgen wrote: »

Maybe money passed through countries that are on embargo lists.or was handled by people on embargo lists.

It won't be long before Interpol, the KGB, the UN and NASA get involved.

LorMal

Arcade_Tryer wrote: »

1 bed? Inhumane.

Disgraceful the way he is being treated.

Apparently the toilet roll is only 2 ply.

Andalucia

more revelations tonight about Hickey looking for 500 tickets to the football final and 30 for the mens basketball final - wasn't sure where he wanted to sit obviously

IOC have a lot of questions to answer if they gave him these tickets

smurgen

LorMal wrote: »

It won't be long before Interpol, the KGB, the UN and NASA get involved.

Interpol investigated Fifa.they may very well investigate the IOC in future.you seem to be upset that possible corruption is being investigated.strange,very strange.

foggy_lad

Andalucia wrote: »

more revelations tonight about Hickey looking for 500 tickets to the football final and 30 for the mens basketball final - wasn't sure where he wanted to sit obviously

IOC have a lot of questions to answer if they gave him these tickets

Him and all the others on these massive expenses billings with no salaries are using tickets to buy favours from politicians and business people for friends and family and anyone else that scratches their back!

tabby aspreme

Is he still getting the daily expense allowance or was that stopped when he was arrested

Arcade_Tryer

smurgen wrote: »

Interpol investigated Fifa.they may very well investigate the IOC in future.you seem to be upset that possible corruption is being investigated.strange,very strange.

Indeed. Regardless of the outcome of the investigation into Hickey, if this debacle results in more and more inquiries into the operations of the IOC, it is undoubtedly a good thing.

CMOTDibbler

foggy_lad wrote: »

Him and all the others on these massive expenses billings with no salaries are using tickets to buy favours from politicians and business people for friends and family and anyone else that scratches their back!

Lol

If I thought Vlad Putin was that cheap, I'd be getting hiim tickets for Electric Picnic pronto.

And to think Charlie Haughey stuck Ben Dunne for a couple of million and all it would have taken was a few tickets for the All Ireland. Ben must be livid now.

foggy_lad

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Is he still getting the daily expense allowance or was that stopped when he was arrested

All his expenses including legal expenses will be paid by taxpayers and at the expense of athletes and small sports clubs as always happens.

LorMal

smurgen wrote: »

Interpol investigated Fifa.they may very well investigate the IOC in future.you seem to be upset that possible corruption is being investigated.strange,very strange.

Nah. I'm having a laugh about the huge overreaction. We need a sense of perspective in Ireland. We have one of the highest national debt per capita in the world - and we still keep borrowing at enormous levels. We pay back billions to unsecured bond holders. It's completely nuts.
What's the main story for weeks now? Tickets for the Olympics - that were very poorly attended.
It's a disgrace if someone was on the take, for sure. But a bit of perspective required.

CMOTDibbler

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Is he still getting the daily expense allowance or was that stopped when he was arrested

http://bfy.tw/7S8W

Andalucia

Bach IOC president gets an allowance of Eur 225k per year

The figure does not include Bach's housing in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IOC pays for his accommodation in a suite at the Lausanne Palace hotel, where predecessors Jacques Rogge and Juan Antonio Samaranch also resided during their years in office.

tough going

CFlat

foggy_lad wrote: »

All his expenses including legal expenses will be paid by taxpayers and at the expense of athletes and small sports clubs as always happens.

I'm fairly sure I heard that the IOC would pay has legal expenses if it goes to court and he wins the case but if he's found guilty he will have to cover the expenses himself.

Steve

LorMal wrote: »

Nah. I'm having a laugh about the huge overreaction...... We have one of the highest national debt per capita in the world -.....

Because we still live in a small corrupt brown envelope society where the rich are creaming it off the backs of the taxpayer.

It's not only this situation it's the thousand others that are creaming off our tax money.

The sooner we oust the first one, the sooner momentum is gained to oust others.

I am so sick of the waste in this country.

ahlookit

Andalucia wrote: »

more revelations tonight about Hickey looking for 500 tickets to the football final and 30 for the mens basketball final - wasn't sure where he wanted to sit obviously

IOC have a lot of questions to answer if they gave him these tickets

Süddeutsche Zeitung reporting more of PH's ticket requests this evening.

See Gavan Reillys twitter feed for details

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/770361558962757636


Also link in German here. Sadly my Junior Cert German is somewhat hazy at this stage

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/olympia-tickets-fuer-das-fussball-finale-bitte-1.3139355

Thomas Bach being German is presumably the reason German press interested in it.

If there are any german speakers out there any chance of a translation bitte?

Google translate gives the general gist of it, but some bits of the report are patchy

Thoie

smurgen wrote: »

Maybe money passed through countries that are on embargo lists.or was handled by people on embargo lists.

Unless it was American money or an American company, that's still none of their business. If I work for an American company in Ireland, I can't do business with any of the embargoed countries. If I have my own company in Ireland, I can do business with anyone I want.

Strazdas

Andalucia wrote: »

more revelations tonight about Hickey looking for 500 tickets to the football final and 30 for the mens basketball final - wasn't sure where he wanted to sit obviously

IOC have a lot of questions to answer if they gave him these tickets

Definitely very unusual. Interest in those two events would be non existent in Ireland which begs the question why the OCI would be seeking such an allocation.

LorMal

Steve wrote: »

Because we still live in a small corrupt brown envelope society where the rich are creaming it off the backs of the taxpayer.

It's not only this situation it's the thousand others that are creaming off our tax money.

The sooner we oust the first one, the sooner momentum is gained to oust others.

I am so sick of the waste in this country.

I totally agree. I don't think taxpayers are the victims on this one though. I cannot believe our tolerance about our terrible public services, third world health system, rubbish public transport, atrocious mental health services, corrupt police force, escalating suicide rates, rampant alcoholism and drug problems and an appalling and ineffectual political system, let we get apoplectic about Olympic tickets and a few flights and hotel rooms.
Yes it stinks. I hope whoever is guilty is caught and punished accordingly. But we have far bigger fish to fry.

Andalucia

if benjamin franklins are being used anywhere along the line, then they have an interest - likely to have been the case here