Gareth Sowter, 51, of Lower Road, Great Amwell, was declared bankrupt in April 2021 after failing to pay more than £100,000 to the prep school attended by his three sons.
He promised to use a sizeable inheritance to settle the debts, but instead transferred more than £100,000 to his friends and family, breaking insolvency laws.
Sowter was jailed for two years and two months at the Old Bailey on Thursday (March 26) after pleading guilty to offences under the Insolvency Act 1986.
His former partner, Kim Sowter added to the fraud by transferring £50,000 she received from the 51-year-old while her own bankruptcy proceedings were under way, with some of this money used for family holidays.
The 46-year-old, of Newland…