The founder of collapsed medical telehealth and legal advisory service provider eReports claimed his business would be trading for “many years to come” and a dispute with the Tax Office was settled, just before calling in administrators owing doctors more than $7 million.

Chris Argyle, founder of eReports, appointed voluntary administrators Cor Cordis to his business on April 26. This was three days before the Federal Court was due to hear a wind-up application against the company lodged by the Australian Taxation Office for unpaid debts of $1.4 million.