Tag: Identity Malta
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Accused pimp Luke Farrugia is in the UK drag-racing his bike
The accused pimp who is also suspected of defrauding Identity Malta, Luke Farrugia, is currently drag-racing his bike in the FIM European Dragbike Championship at the Santa Pod Raceway, the UK. He is currently on bail but the Attorney-General did not object to his travel. Luke Farrugia is being accused in Court of running a…
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The deported witnesses of the Identity Malta ID-Card Racket will be asked to testify online
Yesterday, following the publication of this article on the deportees who were also suspects of the Identity Malta Id-Card racket, a government official sent me a message to reassure me that these witnesses will be sought to testify to the Court online via webcam. Supposedly, this should have been reassuring to the fact that the…
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One man alone is suspected of facilitating up to 1500 fake leases
A man currently in prison facing charges of fraud is suspected of having facilitated up to 1500 fake leases to third-country nationals. Howard Mamo has a history of fraud and his case on the fake leases involves up to 20 witnesses. The Labour government is trying to downplay the ID card racket by quoting incorrect…
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Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri deported two witnesses of the Identity Malta case
While the government is trying to downplay the Identity Malta scandal, where public officials ran a racket of fraudulent ID cards to third-country nationals, it may be good to remember that the investigation was prompted by Jason Azzopardi. There are also signs that the government was not very enthusiastic in seeing a fully-fledged case and…
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Downplaying massive fraud at Identity Malta
The Labour government is milking press reports that only seven cases of fraud were identified in the Identità (Identity) Malta case. The case involved public officers at Identity Malta who are accused of distributing fake ID Cards to third-country nationals using addresses which were not theirs. Labour is now attacking the Opposition on the back…
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Joseph Muscat’s criminal team fails to smear the Cabinet Secretary with false accusations
There’s more news about Jason Azzopardi today, which is inevitable given that he has adopted the role of a main Opposition activist along with Arnold Cassola, Robert Aquilina and others in the absence of a strong Opposition from the Nationalist Party. Jason Azzopardi has dropped his allegations against the Cabinet Secretary, Ryan Spagnol over corruption…
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Another case prompted by Jason Azzopardi
Yesterday in Court, during the ongoing case over the Identity Malta fraud scandal, the police inspector responsible for the case testified that the investigation and subsequent arraignments were initiated due to public posts about the case made by Jason Azzopardi. The case involves a racket by Identity Malta officials who allocated many addresses fraudulently to…
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UPDATED: Chaos at Identity Malta as appointments system breaks down
UPDATED: The online bookings system of Identita Malta is showing it is full-up for the whole month of November with no free slots available for appointments. Confusion and frustration erupted among people waiting for services at the Identity Malta office in Blata l-Bajda earlier today as the appointment system broke down due to an exceptionally…
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An Opposition on (Permanent) Holiday
Like most of you, I have been following the ID card racket revelations very closely. This racket was exposed by none other than Jason Azzopardi himself, who also prompted a Magisterial Inquiry into the matter. Every day we are learning new and shocking revelations about this scandal thanks to Jason Azzopardi. There are two points…
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Jason Azzopardi is publishing extensive evidence of the racket at Identity Malta
The story of the two Egyptians who were interrogated by the police for having obtained fraudulent ID cards has escalated into an unraveling of a major scandal at Identity Malta with Jason Azzopardi publishing extensive evidence of the racket. Multiple foreign individuals had their ID cards fraudulently produced by Identity Malta in exchange for bribes,…
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Prostitution rings and Identity Malta
The story about the Colombian prostitution ring brought by Identity Malta fixer, Bernard Attard, may seem to be a side-story to a wider racket, but it is a very important story on its own which has its own history. With the advent of Identity Malta and the Best of Times, illegal prostitution rings also flourished,…
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Two Egyptians investigated for fraudulent ID Cards have referred the Police to Bernard Attard
Two Egyptians who have been investigated by the Police over their fraudulent Identity Cards have told the Police during their interrogation that they were provided their fake cards by Bernard Attard upon paying him up to €4,000. Bernard Attard was an Identity Malta employee and also a first cousin to the Maksar brothers. One of…
