Give me facts, court urges prosecution in Yorgen Fenech money laundering case
A decision on bail in money laundering proceedings against Yorgen Fenech was postponed to another date after the prosecution objected that there were civilian witnesses still to testify. The ex-gaming magnate was back in court on Thursday in the ongoing compilation of evidence where he is pleading not guilty to misappropriation and fraud to the detriment of Glimmer Limited, a company he owned with his uncle Ray. He stands accused of fraud and attempting to launder a total of €45,000 in a case involving four other alleged associates: Glimmer Ltd’s chief operating officer Patrick Demanuele, company director Anthony Farrugia, and father-and-son Joseph and Nicholas Cachia. A manager handling business-to-business operations at Portomaso Gaming and former IT manager at Glimmer Ltd testified that he had taken over as director at Glimmer Ltd in December 2019. The company had surrendered its licence in 2019, before he took over, said Edgar Portelli, explaining that for that reason he did not know why the licence had been surrendered. While working as IT manager, the company’s internal auditor had requested documentation about some bonuses paid to Nicholas Cachia. The auditor checked...