Entrepreneur moves to challenge his debts

Entrepreneur moves to challenge his debts
Ashutosh Sharma wants to challenge a decision saying he owes more than $40,000 in unpaid rent to his former landlord. (Image: NZME)
Oliver Lewis
A young tech entrepreneur facing bankruptcy proceedings says he has the financial means to repay his former landlord but is challenging the amount owed.Last February, the tenancy tribunal upheld an earlier decision against Ashutosh Sharma for not paying rent on an expensive North Shore property.After Sharma failed to pay the debt – of more than  $40,000 – the owner of the property, Aaron Ridgway, initiated bankruptcy proceedings against him in the high court at Auckland.Last year, BusinessDesk published an investigation into th...

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