Ex-Merlin Colour Printers finance director Colin Moseley will appear at Basildon Magistrates Court on 2 January for a committal hearing.
He has entered a no plea to the charges, which have been extended from the nine he originally faced at Southend Magistrates Court on 6 September (PrintWeek, 31 August).
DC Marion Tyson of Essex Police described the hearing as a "leapfrog stage".
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