A Dunedin businessman who fled the country while subject to an Immigration investigation has now had his business placed in liquidation, owing more than $50,000.
Dalliston Dias and his company Level Up Decorators Ltd were repeatedly hauled before the Disputes Tribunal over recent years over substandard or incomplete work.
The Otago Daily Times spoke to a string of former clients who were pursuing the man for the debts he owed, and revealed Immigration New Zealand had launched a probe into allegations of migrant exploitation and people trafficking.
With the net closing, Dias returned to Brazil in February.
A source told the ODT if he came back to New Zealand he would be stopped at the border.
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