ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - In a ruling issued this week by a federal bankruptcy judge, the court seized control of more than 100 businesses owned by Leo Govoni, a Pinellas County businessman who's accused of taking $100 million in loans from the Center for Special Needs Trust in St. Petersburg and never paying back the funds.

What we know:

The list of businesses includes Big Storm Brewing, which Govoni and his son, L.J. Govoni, turned into one of the most popular local breweries in the Tampa Bay area before Leo Govoni's legal troubles began last year.

Court records show Govoni is accused of using millions of dollars of improperly-obtained money to help fund the brewery.

The Center, which Govoni founded, filed for bankruptcy last year after realizing $100 million in loans given to Govon

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