Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The international governing body for athletics, World Athletics, announced Thursday that it discovered "systematic theft" by two employees and a consultant after an internal audit.
One of the employees had previously left the organization, but the second employee and consultant were terminated after the alleged theft was discovered, a press release said.
World Athletics is formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation. It's the international governing body for track and field, cross-country running, road running, race walking, mountain running and ultra running. It's based in Stockholm, Sweden.
The alleged theft, which totaled just over $1.73 million over a period of several years, was discovered by World Athletics' finance department during its first auditing process under a new financial leadership team.
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