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)

Fri, 22 Dec 2023

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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