A melbourne builder is being hunted by angry tradesmen who claim they are owed millions of dollars for work on an apartment complex in which underworld figure Mick Gatto has a financial interest.
Key points:
- A number of contractors walked off job in West Melbourne last month over non-payment of bills
- Imagebuild Group placed into liquidation by the Supreme Court this week
- Unclear how much money is owed by Imagebuild Group but ABC told it could be more than $6 million
Work on the Bond Quarter apartment building, on Spencer Street in West Melbourne, shut down last month after a number of contractors walked off the job over non-payment of their bills.
The builder, Imagebuild Group, was placed into liquidation by the Supreme Court this week after an application by a joinery company owed more than $500,000 for work done on the project.
Mr Gatto has invested in the Spencer Street complex, while his son Damien was employed by Imagebuild Group as contract administrator.
According to a number of contractors who have spoken to the ABC, the developer of the apartment building, a company called Alpha14, may have paid millions of dollars to Imagebuild Group in May and June despite being told the builder was not paying its contractors.
It is unclear…