Australia's biggest construction company, CIMIC, stands accused of not paying hundreds of millions of dollars to workers, subcontractors and banks in its Middle East operations in a scandal that has been described as a humanitarian disaster.
Hundreds of workers have been left stranded and unpaid after CIMIC announced the sale of its Middle East arm a year ago
The company, formerly known as Leighton Holdings, has had a scandal-prone history
Their major shareholder, ACS, has recently proposed a $1.5 billion takeover bid to take the ASX-listed company private