Former Labour MP Jim Devine has been formally declared bankrupt following a hearing at Livingston Sheriff Court.
Jim Devine was found guilty of dishonestly claiming £8,385 of expenses earlier this monthMr Devine had been unable to pay his former office manager Marion Kinley £35,000 for unfair dismissal.
An earlier employment tribunal heard how he bullied Miss Kinley and made up stories to justify firing her.
The former MP for Livingston is also awaiting sentence after being convicted of defrauding the taxpayer in the MPs' expenses scandal.
Earlier this month Mr Devine was found guilty of dishonestly claiming £8,385 of expenses by using false invoices for cleaning and printing work.
The 57-year-old was found guilty on 10 February on two counts but cleared of a third count, relating to £360.
Sentencing is next month. The maximum jail term is seven years.
Mr Devine was MP for the West Lothian constituency from 2005 to 2010 when he was barred by Labour from standing at the general election because of allegations over his expenses.
Comment: Cannot he pay what he owes from his resettlement allowance paid to corrupt MPs who have left the Commons since the expenses scandal?
We're at one on this.
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