Britain's worst boss who bullied staff and refused to pay their wages while boasting about his wealth has been ordered to pay £90,000 or face an extra 12 months in prison.
John Gaines, 74, who is currently in prison on fraud charges, swindled workers after winning lucrative contracts and defrauding security operatives who worked for him at construction sites at Heathrow Airport.
If his workers complained about not being paid, Gaines threatened them with the sack and racially abused others, a court heard.
He was prosecuted by the industry regulator Security Industry Authority.
Gaines was jailed for four years and eight months in 2019 after he was found guilty of 22 fraud charges at Warwick Crown Court.
And he was back in court on Friday for a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing. He was ordered to have assets worth £91,934 confiscated, with £58,140 of it being used to pay compensation to those he cheated.
If he refuses he will be forced to spend another year in prison.
John Gaines (pictured) , 74, swindled workers after winning lucrative contracts and defrauding security operatives who worked for him at construction sites at Heathrow Airport
He was jailed for four years and eight months in 2019 after he was found guilty of 22 fraud charges at Warwick Crown Court (pictured)
One man lost his house because he could not pay the rent, while another was forced to sleep rough near Heathrow because he had no money to travel home at night.
Gaines deployed Security Industry Authority security guards to a number of locations,
