# Finance boss’s wife says legal dispute has left her relying on food banks

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/wife-of-finance-boss-who-agreed-to-pay-company-500k-after-stealing-1-1m-and-spending-160k-on-escorts-is-left-using-food-banks-after-his-six-year-court-fight/
- Published: 2026-10-27T12:31:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T12:50:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16242171/Wife-finance-boss-agreed-pay-company-500k-stealing-1-1m-spending-160K-escorts-left-using-food-banks-six-year-court-fight.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Companies, Culture, Food, UK, World

## Key points

- Khan agreed to pay his former employer £500,000.
- The company says about £1.1 million was lost.
- His wife’s lawyers say she now relies on food banks.

## Summary

Mohammed Asif Khan agreed in 2024 to pay his former employer £500,000 after admitting he owed money in connection with alleged frauds involving about £1.1 million. His wife’s lawyers say the prolonged dispute has left her jobless, in acute financial difficulty and relying on food banks, while the company continues trying to recover the settlement.

North of England Coachworks alleged that Khan used company cheques and transfers for personal spending, including an estimated £160,000 on escorts; £56,000 was said to have gone to one woman. Khan said he was ashamed of using company money but argued his employers had approved what he did. He was later jailed for six months for contempt after pawning a £20,000 Rolex despite a freezing order, with the proceeds going into his wife’s business. The company has now sought information about assets it says may have been transferred to her, but its latest application for an information order against her was unsuccessful.

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