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A Canadian businessman is accused of burning over a million dollars in cash in order to keep it from his ex-wife, The Ottawa Citizen reports. The judge isn’t 100 percent convinced, and sent the man to jail for 30 days to re-think whether or not his claim is true.
Bruce McConville has been involved in a divorce that, to put it charitably, has been messy. So loathe is the 55-year-old Ottawa businessman to give his ex-wife even a penny that he’s allegedly defied multiple court orders to reveal his finances.
Specifically, he’s accused of selling some of his properties to his former accountant, even though a court order specified that he was not to liquefy any assets. What’s more, he has allegedly not produced any documentation to show how much money he made from those sales, in defiance of a court order.
He’s also been ordered to pay the court $ 300,000 to be held in escrow, which he has allegedly failed to do.