Restaurant boss signed off bouncing cheques and direct debits worth £1m

The boss of a celebrity restaurant signed bouncing cheques for over £1 million on its behalf when he was banned from running a company, a court heard. Marios Georgallides, 62, managed the Japanese restaurant Nozomi in Knightsbridge while disqualified from acting as a company director. The restaurant, located next to Harrods, opened to much fanfare in 2005 and has welcomed celebrities such as Rihanna and Lindsey Lohan through its doors. Georgallides was banned from acting as a company director for…