Former Enemalta chairman Tancred Tabone received some $20,000 in cash commissions from rogue oil trader George Farrugia at a luxury hotel in Geneva, a court heard yesterday.
Money was also exchanged between the two men over lunch meetings but, in a couple of instances, Mr Farrugia paid Mr Tabone with cheques, Assistant Police Commissioner Michael Cassar testified yesterday.
Mr Tabone stands charged with fraud, bribery and money laundering in connection with the Enemalta oil procurement scandal.
Mr Cassar testified before Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit that the information was given to him by Mr Farrugia, who has been granted a presidential pardon to reveal the intricate web of the scandal.
In police statements, Mr Farrugia said that when Mr Tabone was chairman of Enemalta he would invite him to lunch meetings where the money was exchanged.
He referred to one particular meeting, held at the five star President Wilson Hotel in Geneva, where Mr Farrugia paid $20,000 in cash to Mr Tabone.
The last payment to Mr Tabone was handed over at the Tana del Lupo restaurant in Paceville.
Mr Farrugia told the police that money was given to Mr Tabone right up until his chairmanship ended in...
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