The offices of four NRL player agents have been raided by NSW police as part of ongoing investigations into Parramatta's salary cap breaches.
The four included Wayne Beavis’ home in Woollahra; the Leichhardt office of Sam Ayoub; and the Pitt Street offices of George Mimis and Paul Sutton.
Mr Beavis, whose stable of players includes former Parramatta star Jarryd Hayne, confirmed his home was raided “as part of an investigation in relation to the Parramatta Football Club and alleged salary cap breaches”.
He said he would continue to provide “relevant assistance” to police in their investigation.
No arrests were made.
“Our initial investigation has focused on finances derived by the club through false of inflated invoices from suppliers,” Detective Superintendent Arthur Katsogiannis said.
It is hoped police can seize documents that will uncover potential fraud and money laundering.
Strike Force Rhodium was established by the NSW Police to examine dodgy deals by the Parramatta Eels, and investigate whether any fraud was committed.
The Strike Force has so far reviewed more than 250,000 emails, and 600 invoices.
A spokesman for the NRL said the Integrity Unity review of Player Agents is well advanced and a report is expected to be provided to the Player Agents Committee soon.
The Eels were rocked earlier this year after being stripped 12 competition points and fined $1 million for systemic cheating of the NRL salary cap over a period of three years.
At the time the NRL said it needed to “take a stand”.
It resulted in the sacking of their entire Eels board, as well as then-CEO John Boulous and football general manager Daniel Anderson.
Former chairman Steve Sharp, deputy Tom Issa and director Peter Serrao were the other three involved in rorting of the cap.
The developments come one day after Eels chairman Max Donnelly proposed a raft of extraordinary governance changes to members in a bid to start the 2017 on a clean slate.
Recently appointed CEO Bernie Gurr is also set to begin in his role on Monday.
With AAP.