A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered the seizure of two Montreal-area residences belonging to billionaire Robert Miller at the request of four women who filed civil lawsuits alleging he sexually abused them as minors.

Judge Serge Gaudet on Friday authorized the pre-trial seizure of the two Westmount properties, saying the plaintiffs had reason to fear the 81-year-old Future Electronics founder might be trying to hide assets.

Gaudet said it was “disturbing” to learn that the billionaire did not have a single bank account in his name and that he had listed assets under other people’s names.

The four women are each seeking millions of dollars from Miller, claiming they were recruited as high school students to have sex with him in exchange for money and gifts as part of what they say was a ring to sexually abuse girls and young.

Miller was arrested in May on 21 counts of sexual harassment involving 10 plaintiffs, many of whom were minors at the time of the alleged crimes, and also faces a separate proposed class action alleging he gave dozens of minors money and gifts in exchange for sex between 1996 and 2006.

Miller has denied the allegations, none of which have been proven in court.