The UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch, who died last year when his luxury yacht sank in Sicily, had always maintained his innocence.

A U.K. High Court has ruled that Hewlett Packard Enterprise is owed over 700 million pounds from the estate of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his former finance director.

Hewlett Packard is owed more than 700 million pounds ($944 million) from the estate of the late Mike Lynch and his former business partner over HP's acquisition of their British software firm Autonomy,