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Carlow entrepreneur Illann Power applies to end US bankruptcy case

The businessman who has is awaiting sentencing for false financial reporting has said that he made an error in filing in Florida as he was not resident long enough

Illan Power said he has not been resident in Florida long enough to file for bankruptcy

Illann Power, the Irish businessman who pleaded guilty to false financial reporting in March, is applying to dismiss his voluntary bankruptcy proceedings in Florida.

Power wrote last week to his bankruptcy trustee to notify them that he would be making a motion to dismiss his bankruptcy petition.

He cited a number of technical reasons that he said made the motion to dismiss necessary, including that the initial petition had been made in the wrong jurisdiction, ...