KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,093 civil servants were declared bankrupt last year, as compared to 960 in the previous year, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said 3,276 civil servants were declared bankrupt between 2013 and 2016. She was responding to a question…
Model Sarah McGovern. Photo: Steve Humphreys Model Sarah McGovern has been caught in the latest Revenue swoop. Ms McGovern has paid 37,355 to the taxman for the underdeclaration of income tax, including a 7,000 penalty. Others named as tax defaulters include disgraced former judge Heather Perrin. The solicitor from Malahide in Co Dublin was declared…
The couple will have 12m in debt written off in exchange for agreeing to pay creditors 145,000, under the terms of the scheme. The bulk of the money will go to the biggest creditor, Dunbar Assets, formerly Zurich Bank. The couple had already lost control of prized assets, including the famous Unicorn restaurant and investment…
Mr Green franchise seller Dean Richard Smith has been declared bankrupt. A Wellington man accused of taking money from franchise buyers – and failing to hold up his end of the bargain – has been made bankrupt. Dean Richard Smith, who appears to have links to convicted fraudster Sir Ngatata Love, was declared bankrupt on Tuesday following…
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) bench here has ordered initiation of the corporate insolvency resolution process in respect of Basmati rice exporter REI Agro, which was allegedly involved in a bank loan fraud, the company said on Tuesday. “..pursuant to filing of an application by Surendra Kumar Joshi, an operational creditor of the…
The couple had 12m in debt written off in exchange for a one off payment of 145,000, under the terms of the scheme. The bulk of the money will go to biggest creditor Dunbar Assets, formerly Zurich Bank, and to Revenue. Other creditors will get just cents in the euro under the scheme. Under the…
MUMBAI: Creditors of REI Agro, also tagged as a wilful defaulter by lenders, have initiated corporate insolvency resolution process against the company under the new Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law. The company, which has an outstanding loan of Rs 5200 crore has informed the stock exchanges that Surendra Joshi, an operational creditor, has filed an application…
ROSS GIBLIN/FAIRFAX NZ Duke Carvell’s was a restaurant and bar in Swan Lane, Wellington. The owner of Duke Carvell’s has been made bankrupt – almost a year to the day since he closed the doors on the once popular Wellington restaurant. Michael Taylor Cole was declared bankrupt in the Wellington High Court on Tuesday, following an application by…
File photo. A VIETNAMESE-Australian who racked up $220,000 in debt to gambling associates while playing blackjack at Crown Casino claims he started operating a cannabis grow house to help pay back the money. Van Ri Nguyen, 60, pleaded guilty in the Bendigo County Court on Monday to a charge of cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis,…
The Islamic College of South Australia has just $1.30 left in the bank and a $200,000 debt, but its new principal will make a last-ditch attempt to save the Adelaide school from closure. Kadir Emniyet has been in the role for five days and says the school at West Croydon has three bank accounts…