Controversial former Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer has been declared bankrupt by a Federal Circuit Court judge, ratcheting up the pressure on the property developer as he faces a string of criminal charges.
The liquidator appointed to Mehajer’s failed company, SM Project Developments, served a bankruptcy notice on Mehajer in September last year and kicked off bankruptcy proceedings in November over a $200,000 debt.
Salim Mehajer has been in jail since January 24 after he was refused bail over unrelated criminal charges.
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The application was supported by a range of creditors, including the Australian Taxation Office and Greenacre-based company Prime Marble & Granite, which helped construct what NSW District Court Judge Judith G…
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