WHAT MATTHEW STEPHEN SAYS:
"I do not owe anybody any money whatsoever. If there is anybody in this country who feels that I owe the money or has a claim for me or against me please send it through."
WHAT THE TRADIES CLAIM:
GOLD COAST SUBCONTRACTOR MATTHEW YOUNG
* Owed about $6500 from a 2014 project in Darwin. His brother and five or six others collectively owed about $50,000.
BUNDABERG TILER DALE MOORE
* Owed $4225 for four months' work on the Darwin job. Contacted Mr Stephen twice monthly for three years before he threatened to sue for harassment.
BRISBANE TILER ONZI GIBSON
* Owed $5,777 for Darwin project. Told in 2016 he'd have the money in four weeks but no contact since.
BRISBANE TILER PERRINE VAN DE PLASSE
* Paid for Darwin but owed $2000 from a 2016 project and $500 reimbursement for tools.
DARWIN BUILDER PHILLIP HOARE
* His company owed almost $12,000 after a Northern Territory court ordered Mr Stephen's company, Aus Tile Qld Pty Ltd, to pay for breach of contract.
LANDLORD STAVROS MOSTRIS
* Estimates he's owed thousands in unpaid rent.
DARWIN TILER NICK FULLERTON
* Underpaid on three jobs.
