A company director who owes businesses $20 million after his company went broke on an Andrews government road project has been accused of siphoning cash from a company he partly owned.
More than 200 civil construction firms were left thousands of dollars out of pocket on the $1.8 billion Western Roads Upgrade after a major subcontractor on the job, Civilink, ran out of funds and quit last year.
Rick DOvidio, director of Civilink, which has gone into liquidation.
Liquidators say Civilink director Rick DOvidio may have traded while insolvent when working on the taxpayer-funded road project in Melbournes west. His company owes the Australian Taxation Office more than $350,000.
The Age can reveal Mr DOvidio was involved in a dispute ov…
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