Over $3.7 million stolen from this small business and put into the pokies, but clubs can keep the money

Greg Zeuschner is not normally an excitable bloke. But when he woke up early on a September morning in 2018, he was jumping out of his skin for the day to begin.

“I was slightly nervous and a little excited because I could see the possibility of retirement was within reach. I was thinking, ‘OK, this is the first step in the process that will see me enjoying life in Tasmania.'” 

Forty-two years after the industrial chemist first set up his business on the outskirts of Sydney, he was about to meet with four international businessmen who wanted to buy him out.

At last, he thought, he could retire to his property near Launceston, spend more time with his wife Jane, and work at his own pace on their hobby farm.

“I got into the office early to…