Some of the charges are as follows:
1.The club charges relate to the player Alejandro FaurlÃÂn and concern the alleged existence of an agreement between the club and a third party in respect of the player's economic rights, and the alleged failure by the club to notify the FA of that agreement before the player was registered to play in England in July 2009. (this could be more than one charge..?)
2. The club is also charged with allegedly using or seeking to pay an unauthorised agent in relation to the player's registration in July 2009.
3. The club and Gianni Paladini are also charged in respect of allegedly false information contained in documents submitted to the FA in relation to the same player signing an extension to his playing contract with the club in October 2010.
I would echo the sentiments that no Newspaper article, at this stage, can be quoted as fact. They are very unlikely to contain all the facts, even if some are true.
I very much doubt that anybody would have decided that Q.P.R are staring down the barrel at a 15 points deduction prior to the hearing itself.
I do, however, find it unlikely that Q.P.R will be cleared of any wrong doing. It's simply a case of the severity of the punishment that is to be imposed.
I have heard that "charge 2" is not as bad as it may initially seem; that the agent was licenced but not authorised by the FA. However, Luton did receive punishment for exactly that charge, I do not recall exactly how many points adeducted (10 perhaps)? However, I believe that the agent(s) was / were not licencesd or authorised by the FA (again, could be wrong).
I would see "charge 3" as the most worrying / potentially damaging as this, allegedly, attempted to cover up any previous wrong doing.
I don't think anyone can take away what Q.P.R have achieved this season in terms of their on pitch accomplishments however, it is the owners themselves that look to have undermined all the teams hard work.
I understand that this has taken so long due to the investigation and the fact that both prosecution and defence will have needed time to present their case however, I do not think this should have been left to carry on for so long.
You could only see that any serious points deduction, in my opinion, would have to be carried forward to next season so as to not disrupt this season any further.