Big Storm Brewing is being auctioned off next month as fallout continues from an alleged multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme tied to its owner.

The Clearwater brewery will hit the block at a starting price of $7.5 million after an unsuccessful attempt to save it through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to the Tampa Bay Business Journal . Court filings show a stalking-horse bid from TIDE LLC of Gulfport has set the floor price for the sale, which is scheduled for Dec. 2.

The auction comes after Owner Leo Govoni and the Boston Finance Group were found liable for $122 million in missing funds from a bankrupt nonprofit that he ran overseeing medical trust funds for more than 2,000 people with injuries and disabilities. Govoni is accused of loaning the nonprofit’s funds to other

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