LAST NIGHT A MASSACHUSETTS judge de nied former Anglo CEO David Drumm the right to go bankrupt in the US.

Judge Frank Bailey said Drumm engaged in “outright lies” as part of his bankruptcy bid and described him as “a man casting about for any plausible answer but the truth”.

The interesting bits you need to read from the David Drumm ruling

Below is a link to the full 122 page judgement in which Bailey describes Drumm as having an “almost obsessive” knowledge of his financial affairs.

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Read the judge’s decision in full.

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