BOV reach settlement with international art expert after court ordered bank to exhibit internal manuals documenting its anti money laundering procedures
Bank of Valletta must show judge due diligence manuals in art fraud case
A judge ordered Bank of Valletta to exhibit manuals containing its anti-money laundering procedures in a case over €6 million funnelled into a non-existent Libyan company
7 July 2021, 7:45am
by Matthew Agius
Art dealer Pierre Amrouche has accused BOV of not carrying out due diligence on the use of his money in transactions by his former assistant to set up a Libyan venture through the offices of auditor Joe Sammut (right)
A judge has ordered Bank of Valletta (BOV) to exhibit manuals containing its anti-money laundering procedures in a case filed by an international art specialist over a scam which funnelled some €6 million into a non-existent Libyan company set up by former Labour Party treasurer and candidate Joe Sammut.