Mystery party lending Jon Adgemis money to cover legal costs

Jon Adgemis, the former KPMG dealmaker behind the $1.8 billion collapse of Public Hospitality, has faced a Federal Court examination into the failure of his sprawling pub empire, admitting he could not recall whether certain companies had bank accounts, whether he had appointed administrators or the details of his directors' duties, as liquidators investigate the affairs of more than 200 related entities, while Adgemis also acknowledged delays in providing required financial disclosures to liquidators.

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