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Three International Olympic Committee employees fired in museum embezzlement case

LONDON (AP).- The IOC’s finance department is being overhauled in the wake of an embezzlement scandal at the Olympic Museum involving up to $1.85 million. Three members of the department have been fired for “negligence” in the alleged fraud by the former manager of the museum shop in Lausanne, Switzerland, International Olympic Committee director general Christophe De Kepper told The Associated Press on Thursday. In a separate development, IOC finance director Thierry Sprunger told the AP he has decided to resign from his post, citing health issues, “burnout” and a desire to change direction after 17 years at the IOC. Sprunger, whose department was responsible for oversight of the museum’s finances, said he will announce his departure next week at a meeting