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Shane Gardiner did not show up at the Victorian Racing Tribunal on January 16 the place he faced a few expenses of dishonest, fraudulent and improper carry out.
Stewards alleged Gardiner offered two shares for $3750 and one more for $1250, but no ownership paperwork was done, no horses had been ever produced, and only $500 was at any time refunded or recovered.
Early in the stewards’ investigation, Gardiner advised stewards he experienced a gambling trouble and the proceeds from the fraudulent product sales went in the direction of fuelling his addiction.
Gardiner ceased co-operating with stewards seven months ago, and failed to attend a stewards’ inquiry in September.
Specified his absence, the tribunal observed him responsible of all 3 fees, as perfectly as a fourth demand of failing to adhere to stewards’ instructions, and imposed a 10-year disqualification from racing.
“The 3 victims anxious put their have faith in, and their funds, in the arms of Mr Gardiner,” decide John Bowman wrote in his tribunal findings.
“In particular, they so put that belief since he was a stablehand – that is, a accredited member of the racing field. He betrayed that trust.
“That has a direct and adverse effects on the graphic of the market … that is in excess of and above the effect on the 3 victims of the conduct of Mr Gardiner. Each individual has misplaced a important amount of money of money.”
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