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Mooney, who had been offered a marketing job in a U.S.-based startup, had attempted to enter the country in early March after applying for a TN visa, which allows Canadian and Mexican professionals to stay here temporarily.

They had been hearing rumours about TN boats for some time.

Tom Nicholson and TN Trawlers were ordered to pay £473,000 under proceeds of crime laws.

While TN Trawlers’ lead director, Thomas Nicholson, was under active investigation, TN Group companies continued recruiting new employees from across the world.

The workers were employed by TN Trawlers and its sister companies, owned by the Nicholson family, based in the small town of Annan on the southern coast of Scotland.