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Metals tycoon appears in Liège as a London court begins preliminary hearing into winding-up petition
Metals group had borrowed $1.3bn from Swiss bank’s clients to finance sprawling empire
FRC investigates four audits by little-known firm used by metals magnate
Attempted payment by industrialist’s empire now at centre of legal battle with US buyout group American Industrial Partners
SFO request documents and interview staff as part of continuing criminal investigation
Metalworks in Dunkirk among sites visited as part of investigation
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Metals magnate used BRCI for payments including carbon credits sale that prompted outcry from Czech politicians
Owner of UK steel assets says true figure was £500,000, after tax authority filed petitions to wind up four of its businesses
Winding up of metals tycoons’ companies will put more than 2,000 jobs at risk
HW Fisher has been auditing metals trading business since the late 1990s
Metals magnate thanked Tory minister for support over loans now subject to fraud investigation
Higher security package underlines risks from controversial £586m taxpayer-backed guarantee given to industrialist
UK parliamentary committee claims state-backed lender took information from now-collapsed finance firm at ‘face value’
Exact figure disclosed after near two-year freedom of information battle
UK metals magnate’s operations probed over allegations of ‘misuse of corporate assets’ and ‘money laundering’
UK business select committee identifies ‘series of audit and corporate governance red flags’
Metals tycoon’s lifeline offers hope to 3,000 workers in Britain
French union ‘disillusioned’ with GFG but nervous about new private equity owner
Embattled metals magnate celebrates his birthday in lavish style while his business faces an uncertain future
US private equity firm AIP claims to have acquired French asset, thwarting Glencore-led bailout
Cooling commodity markets threaten Sanjeev Gupta’s battle to preserve his sprawling metals conglomerate
Clients facing billions in losses are furious but Swiss bank cites need to keep collapsed company ticking over to recoup funds
US group has already stepped in with financing for metals group’s Australian arm
Metal magnate’s deeply connected right-hand man opened doors to politicians and global banks
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