Marian Daniel Clipici, the sole director of Dahlial Limited, has been disqualified as a director for seven years after failing to keep adequate accounts while his business was trading, resulting in fraudulent transactions worth more than £1m.

Dahlial Limited operated as a construction business from November 2017 according to Companies House. However, the trading address was also home to Dahlia Restaurant, a Romanian restaurant in Southampton, which recently closed.

In addition, until July 2021, Clipici was also a director of Dani-Deea Ltd, which operates a Romanian food shop in Southampton.