According to the class action, Miller, 81, the company and the three employees were involved in an alleged scheme to recruit young girls in Montreal to have sex with Miller in exchange for money and g

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

Quebec electronics billionaire Robert Miller wants to defend himself against the women who claim he paid them for sex when they were underage, but he can't do that if he doesn't know their names, his lawyer said Thursday.

Miller sold Future Electronics this year, but the company is named in the class action, as are three of his former employees who were allegedly part of a network to recruit girls for him. The employees are Sam Joseph Abrams, Raymond Poulet and Helmut Lippmann. Lawyers for those men will present arguments on Friday.

On Friday, Justice Catherine Piche heard from lawyers for Sam Joseph Abrams, Raymond Poulet and Helmut Lippmann — all ex-employees of Future Electronics, a company Miller founded and recently sold. According to the class action,