For the People Agency and its sole director Chris (Christopher Samuel) Billing have been referred to corporate regulator ASIC after the Australian Tax Office (ATO) took the branding agency into liquidation.
Liquidator Shelley-Maree Brooks, in a report to ASIC, said the agency had appeared to be trading insolvent.
Brooks was appointed in February by order of the Federal Court in Tasmania. This follows a winding up application by the ATO.
The agency had at one stage offices in Tasmania, Sydney and Perth. The ABC reported former staff describing the agency with a great reputation and a talented, driven and award-winning team.
Investigations by the liquidator indicate some staff were told early this year that they had been…