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ARTICLE · 30 NOVEMBER 2021

Michael Hayter appeared last night on the ABC News 7.30 Report, in an extensive interview on the need for stronger enforcement in the pre-insolvency industry

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Before Richard Ludwig's company Cap Coast Telecom went bust, he and his pre-insolvency advisors smuggled more than $740,000 out of the business-ABC News

Michael Hayter appeared last night on the ABC News 7.30 Report, in an extensive interview on the need for stronger enforcement in the pre-insolvency industry. The interview relates to the circumstances in which two pre-insolvency advisors and a director were convicted of various offenses and received prison sentences after Michael Hayter successfully conducted legal proceedings against them on behalf of the liquidator of Cap Coast Telecom.

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