Multiple ongoing investigations by the authorities that have resulted in several arraignments in Court have a common factor which is also being scrutinised by the authorities, The Maltese Herald can confirm. The investigations are at an early stage, but investigators within official authorities suspect that several individuals currently charges with money laundering may have been used to launder stolen and corrupt proceeds by the disgraced ex-premier Joseph Muscat and his Chief of staff Keith Schembri.
These are the most important individuals, currently charged in Court, who are also suspected of laundering corrupt proceeds.
Brian Tonna
Brian Tonna was the corrupt accountant and chief architect of a slew of companies registered in Panama for Keith Schembri, Konrad Mizzi and potentially also Joseph Muscat and was first outed by Daphne Caruana Galizia even before the Panama Papers first came out. Brian Tonna is currently being charged over money-laundering in the Progress Press case, the 17 Black case, and the Vitals case. He’s a feature and a key suspect in most of the major cases of corruption by Joseph Muscat and Keith Schembri. Brian Tonna is also being covered up in the Pilatus Bank case in which he is involved by a transaction he made to Keith Schembri.
Aaron Mifsud Bonnici
Aaron or Aron Mifsud Bonnici has a long track-record of being involved in multiple corrupt deals by Joseph Muscat. He was a government lawyer during the initial negotiations of the fraudulent Vitals deal, and was also involved in the Montenegro wind-farm project of Mozura, while simultaneously serving as Konrad Mizzi’s lawyer. He was investigated by the local authorities over a bitcoin transaction with Yorgen Fenech, and he is now being charged with tax fraud and money-laundering with the authorities probing his undeclared Swiss bank accounts.
Kevin Deguara
Kevin Deguara is being charged in the Vitals case for his role as a government lawyer during the initial stages of the signing of the Vitals fraud. He is known to be a close friend of Keith Schembri and assisted a company suspected of having links to Joseph Muscat to purchase BOV’s bad debt. He was also involved in a real-estate project in Smart City and is currently responsible for a football club along with his business partner that is set to benefit from the construction of a new road to Smart City.
Nigel Scerri
Nigel Scerri was the Chief Financial Officer of Dizz Group and is currently being charged in Court with money-laundering following a string of property purchases with undeclared capital. His assets are also being probed. He also did accounts for the Convenience chain, where Kevin Deguara is also a director. Kevin Deguara was also a director with Dizz Group. Joseph Muscat is a close friend of Diane Izzo.
In December of last year, Joseph Muscat travelled to Dubai with Diane Izzo and his current lawyer, Charlon Gouder. Joseph Muscat is legally obliged to declare all his expenses and supposedly has assets frozen, yet he is still able to conduct business openly and publicly while disbursing significant amount of funds traveling the world.
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