Time running out for tech whiz to avoid bankruptcy

Time running out for tech whiz to avoid bankruptcy
Ashutosh Sharma's 2017 venture Sell My Good came to the attention of the Financial Markets Authority. (Image: NZME)
Oliver Lewis
An entrepreneur who claimed to have co-founded a firm with assets worth €1.4 billion has until Feb 1 to pay a debt to his former landlord or risk being made bankrupt.Earlier this year, BusinessDesk published an investigation into Ashutosh Sharma, detailing a number of issues involving high-end properties, including an aborted bid to buy one of the most expensive penthouses in Auckland.The former Auckland Grammar student, who received a ministerial award for innovation in 2017, previously founded an e-commerce platform, Sell My Good, that c...

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