The former Enemalta director at the centre of a police investigation into cash-for-fuel-tender allegations had faced similar accusations in 1993, when he was exonerated by the corruption watchdog.
The Permanent Commission Against Corruption had investigated a letter which claimed that the former CEO of the Malta Oil Bunkering Company (MOBC) received payments in a foreign bank account, from the Swiss firm Tempo, which used to bid successfully for oil Enemalta contracts.
The claims from 20 years ago are similar to the allegations published on Sunday by Malta Today, which reported that Dutch commodities company Trafigura had in 2004 deposited regular payments into a Swiss bank account traceable to Frank Sammut.
The 1993 letter, which was signed Francis Sammut (Mr Sammut’s formal name is Francis), landed on the commission’s desk after it was flagged by the corporation’s then chairman Godfrey Leone Ganado.
The commission attempted to establish if this namesake existed but concluded that he did not and on that basis assumed the letter was anonymous.
The person writing claimed to have received by mistake correspondence from Tempo which was meant for Frank Sammut, the man under...
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