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Josette Schembri Vella is one step closer to being tried for money laundering, with a court ruling on Tuesday that she has a case to answer for that crime. The
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Pensioner charged with money laundering again after police raid uncovers large cash sum A pensioner investigated by police after his son had been arrested on charges of drug trafficking is charged with money laundering 17 May 2021, 2:12pm by MaltaToday Staff A pensioner who was being followed by the police after a drugs case involving his son has been charged with money laundering and breach of bail conditions. Mario Brignone, 66, from Bormla pleaded not guilty to the charges but was denied bail over fears that he may tamper with evidence. A police raid on Zammit’s Żabbar home last month ...
A man with a pending money laundering case was taken to court again on Monday and charged with money laundering and breaching bail conditions set in his previous case. Mario Brignone, 66, from Cospicua pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him. Police inspector Leanne Bonello explained that the police were following Brignone's tracks during investigations into a drugs case involving his son. Police raided his son's home in Żabbar in connection with drug trafficking suspicions and investigations led them to the father's house, where they found almost €15,000 in cash. Investi...
Two Progress Press officials facing fraud and money laundering charges made no personal financial gains from the allegedly fraudulent application filed for a grant from Malta Enterprise, a police inspector testified on Monday. Leanne Bonello, from the police anti-money laundering squad, told the court that after carefully analysing financial statements belonging to Progress Press managing director Michel Rizzo and former financial controller Claude Licari, the police found nothing to prove any financial gain. She explained how in Rizzo’s case, there was a €4,500 incoming transaction whi...