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Newly appointed directors are probing irregularities in the company’s financing arrangements, and the Justice Department has opened an inquiry, according to people familiar with the matter.

First Brands Group, the automotive supplier that collapsed into bankruptcy last month after the discovery of accounting irregularities, is facing a criminal investigation by the Justice Department, people familiar with the matter said.

Newly appointed directors have said they are probing irregularities in its financing arrangements.

The 2019 election, also won by Mutharika, was annulled by the country's highest court, which found there had been widespread irregularities, including the use of correction fluid to alter results.

It added that it was carefully checking every tally sheet, after the constitutional court annulled Mutharika's victory in 2019 because of irregularities.