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Sam McKeith and Miklos Bolza

Islamic finance company under ASIC probe

ASIC claims that at least 161 clients of a "Sharia-compliant" firm are owed around $14.7 million. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A Sydney man suspected of misappropriating millions of dollars from Australian Muslims via a failed "Sharia-compliant" lender has been ordered by a judge to hand over his passport.

The corporate watchdog obtained the Federal Court order against Usman Siddiqui, the former head of Equitable Financial Solutions (EFSOL) which entered liquidation in 2019, to prevent him leaving the country.

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