The Government is facing a 220-million lawsuit from a popular party promoter who had his bank accounts frozen for almost two months.
The accounts were frozen amid a probe by the Financial Investigations Division, FID.
The lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday by lawyers for Andrew Wright, more popularly known as ‘Andrew French’, promoter of the Chug It and French Connection parties.
Wright was barred from accessing his accounts on May 7 this year after the FID, through the Asset Recovery Agency, went to court and obtained a restraint order on his finances on the basis that it had commenced criminal investigations against several individuals, including the well-known promoter.
The businessman, through his attorneys, challenged the restraint order and had it lifted by the Supreme Court on July 6, despite strong opposition by the FID.
