Patisserie Valerie CEO tells how mystery 'secret £10m overdraft' was 設立する on the company's 調書をとる/予約するs before he 救助(する)d it from 破産 and its 財政/金融 長,指導者 was 逮捕(する)d
- The company's 未来 was thrown into question earlier this week after 恐らく fraudulent activity was 暴露するd
- It was served a 勝利,勝つd-up order by the taxman over £1.14 million 借りがあるd to HMRC
- Chairman Luke Johnson said this week had been 'the most harrowing of my life'
- He 誓約(する)d up to £20mil in new 貸付金s to 救助(する) the company from 崩壊(する)
![Chairman Luke Johnson (pictured) has made a 'huge personal commitment' to the business by swooping in with a £20million rescue package](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/15/07/5007850-6274615-Chairman_Luke_Johnson_pictured_has_made_a_huge_personal_commitme-a-1_1539586002819.jpg)
Chairman Luke Johnson (pictured) has made a '抱擁する personal かかわり合い' to the 商売/仕事 by 急襲するing in with a £20million 救助(する) 一括
Troubled cafe chain Patisserie Valerie 報道によれば had secret overdrafts totalling £10 million.
Credit 施設s were 始める,決める up with Barclays and HSBC, and £9.7m had been used by the time they were discovered last week, chairman Luke Johnson 報道によれば told The Sunday Times .
The company's 未来 was thrown into question earlier this week after it 暴露するd 恐らく fraudulent activity around its 財政上の accounts and was served a 勝利,勝つd-up order by the taxman over £1.14 million 借りがあるd to HM 歳入 & Customs.
Mr Johnson 述べるd the 発見 as a 'bombshell' and said he had 'no inkling this was going to happen'.
'I've never had an experience like this in my career and I hope never to repeat it. It's certainly been the most harrowing week of my life,' he told the newspaper.
He 誓約(する)d up to £20 million in new 貸付金s on Friday to 救助(する) the company from 崩壊(する) and saved around 2,800 職業s.
?Mr Johnson said he felt as though he was 'in a nightmare that I'd wake up from' but that he felt a 'moral 義務' to 保存する the company.
He 追加するd: 'We have, I would argue, 保存するd a lot of 職業s and a good 商売/仕事.
![Patisserie Valerie (pictured in Soho) has suspended its shares following the discovery of a reported £20million black hole in its accounts](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/10/15/07/0589AAF7000005DC-6274615-Patisserie_Valerie_pictured_in_Soho_has_suspended_its_shares_fol-a-4_1539586003140.jpg)
Patisserie Valerie (pictured in Soho) has 一時停止するd its 株 に引き続いて the 発見 of a 報告(する)/憶測d £20million 黒人/ボイコット 穴を開ける in its accounts
'When companies go into 行政, there's mas sive value 破壊. 保存するing a company, keeping it whole, 事柄s.'
Another £15 million was raised through the 問題/発行する of new 株.
Directors said that 初期の 調査 showed that historical 声明s on the cash position of the company were misstated and 支配する to 申し立てられた/疑わしい fraudulent activity and accounting 不正行為s.
![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/15/07/5007854-6274615-image-a-2_1539586002821.jpg)
![Chris Marsh (pictured), the finance director of Patisserie Valerie, was arrested last night. He has since been released on bail. There was no answer when MailOnline called at his St Albans home today](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/15/07/5007892-6274615-Chris_Marsh_pictured_the_finance_director_of_Patisserie_Valerie_-a-3_1539586002822.jpg)
Mr Johnson (left) has a 37 per cent 火刑/賭ける in Patisserie Holdings. Chris 沼 (pictured 権利), the 財政/金融 director of Patisserie Valerie, was 逮捕(する)d last night. He has since been 解放(する)d
The group's 財政/金融 director Chris 沼, who was 一時停止するd from his 役割 earlier this week, has since been 逮捕(する)d on 疑惑 of 詐欺, but was later 解放(する)d.
The Serious 詐欺 Office has opened a 犯罪の 調査.
Patisserie Holdings, which owns 付加 brands such as Druckers, Philpotts and パン職人 & Spice, 貿易(する)s from more than 200 蓄える/店s and also has a 共同 with Sainsbury's, with branded 反対するs 現在の in the supermarket.
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