University of Regina Students’ Union under investigation for possible misappropriation of funds

WATCH: The University of Regina Student’s Union is now under investigation for possible misappropriation of funds, police say. Jacob Carr has the latest.

The Regina Police Service (RPS) confirmed on Friday that the University of Regina Students’ Union (URSU) is under investigation due to possible misappropriation of funds.

The union has been embroiled in more than one battle with the University of Regina over the past month.

Back in April, URSU filed an injunction against the university for withholding fees and terminating the union’s fee collection agreement.

On July 30, that injunction was dismissed by a judge at Court of King’s Bench judge, due in part to URSU’s recent track record, including financial concerns.

According to court documents, the university’s security service received confidential information alleging systemic misappropriation of funds and other illegal activity involving URSU.

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A new financial review of URSU was conducted in April, and the university has forwarded that information to law enforcement officials. Now those financial concerns have the organization under investigation.

“We need to know what the allegations are, because as far as we know we haven’t done anything wrong,” URSU general manager Aoun Muhammad said. “We get audited every year as well and have all these processes in place. So, if their claim is about the deficit, deficit happens in most organizations, so deficit is not an indication of wrongdoing.”

URSU was also served an eviction notice in mid-August by the U of R, where union staff were instructed to vacate the spaces that they occupied on campus.

The union is currently fighting this decision, arguing that its dissolution can only occur through a vote by membership, which has not happened.

The Regina Police Service told CTV News that since the investigation is ongoing, further details cannot be provided at this time.

URSU said they have not yet been in contact with the police but are happy to cooperate with the investigation.