Builder Vasile Hrusca withdrew funds from his failing company to pay off a high-performance Audi and sold plant machinery under hire purchase agreements, spending the proceeds on gambling

Hrusca was handed a suspended sentence and disqualified as a company director earlier this year

Financial investigations by the Insolvency Service under the Proceeds of Crime Act have resulted in the 41-year-old being ordered to repay more than £190,000 including interest

A builder who stole almost £85,000 in plant machinery and used company funds to pay for his high-performance car will go to jail if he does not repay more than £190,000 in the next three months.

Vasile Hrusca used more than £67,000 from his own failing company in 2019 to pay off the remaining balance on a hire purchase agreement for

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