US investor and disbarred former trader Jeff Leo is once again facing questioning by a liquidator in the High Court over concerns of alleged fraud and asset stripping in companies linked to the businessman. The two-day cross-examination of Leo and Colm Malone, a former auditor of Wenning, will happen in November following an urgent application by Kelley Smith, senior counsel representing Kieran Wallace of Interpath. Last February, Wallace was appointed as liquidator to Wenning Holdings, an Irish entity set up to invest in hotels and other assets, beneficially owned by wealthy American investor and Ohio chicken farmer Mary Wenning. Leo,…

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