A letting agency director who transferred over £105,000 from his company account to his personal account has been sentenced for fraud.
Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, also known as Shyam Batra, of Harlow, Essex, moved the money over four days in May 2017, leaving just £3.48 in the company account. The transfers began less than an hour after a court-appointed receiver took control of the agency following Batra’s failure to pay a £6.5m debt he was personally liable for.
Batra, director of Dylan Lettings Worldwide Limited, was given a suspended sentence for fraud and remains banned as a company director until March 2028, having been disqualified for seven years in 2021 following initial Insolvency Service investigations into the fraud. He…