Mohammed Asif Khan: Accountant ‘blew $300k of firm’s cash on call girls’ like Gemma Massey

A married accountant is being sued for £1.1 million after being accused of spending £160,000 of company cash on escorts.

Father-of-two Mohammed Asif Khan, 45, worked for North of England Coachworks, the North East’s biggest vehicle body shop.

The “self-styled director of finance”, who insists he did nothing wrong and that his bosses knew how he was spending the money, used £56,000 to pay £1,000-an-hour call girl Gemma Massey, who was once Britain’s “best-paid porn star”.

The “self-styled director of finance”, who insists he did nothing wrong and that his bosses knew how he was spending the money, used £56,000 to pay £1,000-an-hour call girl Gemma Massey, who was once Britain’s “best-paid porn star”. Credit: Instagram

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“I was ashamed of the things that happened – for my wife,” he told the High Court, but added: “The company didn’t care what I spent that money on.”

Judge Dexter Dias KC heard that Mr Khan, from Newcastle, worked as the company accountant for North of England Coachworks until 2019. However, when serious irregularities with cheque payments and money transfers were noticed in 2019, the firm’s barrister Sam Neaman said he was quizzed and resigned.

He said investigations revealed that Mr Khan had been using company cheques and transfers to pay for items that were not for the company’s benefit.

He added that the company’s net loss was about £1.1million, with an estimated £160,000 of that going to named women, including about £56,000 to Ms Massey and her company alone.

The court previously heard that Ms Massey – a former dental nurse and beautician – was “self-described as a high-class escort” on a web page put forward as part of the case.

The 39-year-old is an OnlyFans model and once boasted on the BBC of being the UK’s highest-paid porn queen.

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Defending the claim, Mr Khan insisted he did not do anything his employers disapproved of, although he admitted paying escorts. “I have to defend this for my children and my wife. I know the truth. I know I am innocent of their charges,” he said.

Mr Khan claimed that much of the money that was taken from the company was in repayment of “loans” he had made to it when there were cash-flow problems.

“Within that period, I gave them £800,000,” he told the judge.

But Mr Neaman said that, even offset by the amount he had put into the company, it was still £1.1million out of pocket.

“Over this six-and-a-half year period, he took £1.1million more than he put in,” he alleged.

Mr Khan said some of the money was a “bonus” to which he was entitled and was part of an unusual payment arrangement.

The judge asked: “Why would a company be happy for you to spend so much money on prostitutes?”

Insisting he was entitled to use company money that way, Mr Khan replied: “In reality, it was my money.

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“The company didn’t care what I spent that money on. We agreed that I could spend that money; that was mine.

“Unlikely as it sounds, they knew where that money was going. That was the truth.”

The case continues.