Infinity's equipment on sale

The provisional Liquidator of former call centre Infinity BPO Ltd, Mr Roger Boodhna, yesterday sold by levy the equipment of the call centre in Ebene which raised around Rs500 000.

The sale will continue today and the money will be used to pay unpaid salaries of those former employees of the call centre.

Several interested traders as well as members of the public were in Ebene yesterday. The sale is expected to generate around Rs1 million; The bankrupt company owes its former employees around Rs5 million.

More than 350 employees of Infinity BPO Ltd were not paid their salaries for three months with the former CEO of the company, Mr Jean Suzanne, claiming that a major fraud had been committed at the company.

The Municipality of Beau Bassin/Rose Hill recently entered a case in the Commercial Court against Infinity which prompted Judge Paul Lam Shang Leen to nominate Mr Boodhna as the provisional liquidator.

Judge Lam Shang Leen also issued a Mareva Order against Mr Suzanne and another former director of the company, Mr Gerald Bouillaud.

The assets of Mr Suzanne – his Aston Martin, a bungalow in Poste la Fayette, Ducatti motorcycle, three Kawasaki motorcycles and a plot land – have been frozen. 

The Aston Martin was returned to the Barclays Leasing Company Ltd and will also be sold in the near future because the car was bought by the company with a loan from Barclays Bank.

By Nitesh Boodhoo