them on the boat. but before they set sail, there was some work to do. he had bought this kind of basically old rusty tub, right? yeah, yeah, yeah. reporter: greg labano helped harvey fix up the old tub. greg fashioned all the stainless steel trim. felt a connection with harvey too. he was a wall street guy, investment banker. rejecting society. a little bit like you had been. yeah, yeah. i m an outlaw mentality. that s why we bonded, you know. reporter: though as greg watched harvey pour money into the boat, the flatscreen, the teak, the $50,000 washer/dryer. holy cat, you can buy another boat for 50 grand. sure. he just wanted the biggest and the best of what he could get, you know. reporter: before harvey dropped out, he d been in the investment banking business. had some old stock investments that finally paid off, he said, and so he plowed the money into the boat. along with what a still-working
and i said, you gave some man you just met a couple years ago $2 million and you got nothing in writing? reporter: she told the detectives, of course. and they took a good look at harvey s boat and soon learned something that probably should have been obvious all along. that fancy, dolled-up tub, with its pricey power winches, its expensive electronics, its polished teak, washer-dryer, fireplace, was paid for, practically every dollar, by the unwitting steven b. that answer turned up in meticulous detail in harvey s own ship s ledger. he put, according to his own ledgers, $1.7 million into that yacht. so almost the whole amount he took from steven went right back into that yacht. reporter: no wonder, said steven s friend sylvia, no wonder, the last time they went out to lunch she had to pick up the check. he was so embarrassed. and i said, how could this be? i mean, you re a multi-millionaire and you don t have any money. and he said, well, harvey s got
that it came out of the key economic institutions the eu s single market and customs union. that was a pivotal moment of change for businesses on both sides. just days ahead of that deadline britain and the eu did manage to seal an agreement. but it has not all been plain sailing, even allowing for disruption caused by the pandemic. our economics correspondent, andrew walker, reports. a month ago, the european union and britain signed a trade deal. and britain signed a trade deal and britain signed a trade deal. , it and britain signed a trade | deal. it means deal. there it is. it means british and deal. there it is. it means british and eu deal. there it is. it means british and eu goods - deal. there it is. it means british and eu goods can l deal. there it is. it means i british and eu goods can be exported from one to the other free of tariffs or trade taxes. but there are new barriers. the issueis but there are new barriers. the issue is most acute for businesses that deal
a month ago, the european union and britain signed a trade deal. here is, folks, this is it. it means british and eu goods can be exported from one to the other free of tariffs or trade taxes. but there are new barriers. the issue is most acute for businesses that deal with perishable goods, such as fresh seafood where a host of new checks and paperwork are required to sell into the eu. it was a very serious problem for this scottish supplier who spoke to the bbc in mid january. tens of thousands of pounds a week that we are losing. we can t continue to lose that. we sent stuff to europe last week, it took five days to arrive. it arrived dead and rotten. even within the uk, the special arrangements for northern ireland have led to delays and some supermarkets did initially struggle to fill their shelves and there are still problems for some retailers. in england, trickers, an upmarket shoemaker, is facing new difficulties with paperwork and tax. the managing director was relieved about
andrew walker reports. a month ago, the european union and britain signed a trade deal. here it is, folks. this is it. it means british and eu goods can be exported from one to the other free of tariffs or trade taxes. but there are new barriers. the issue is most acute for businesses that deal with perishable goods, such as fresh seafood where a host of new checks and paperwork are required to sell into the eu. it was a very serious problem for this scottish supplier who spoke with perishable goods, such as fresh seafood where a host of new checks and paperwork are required to sell into the eu. it was a very serious problem for this scottish supplier who spoke to the bbc in mid january. tens of thousands of pounds a week that we are losing. we can t continue to lose that. we sent stuff to europe last week, it took five days to arrive. it arrived dead and rotten. even within the uk, the special arrangements for northern ireland have led to delays and some supermarkets did initially str