Police spotted at Pilatus Bank, as activists demand MFSA action by noon

Police officers were spotted at Pilatus Bank offices in Ta’ Xbiex following the arrest of the bank's chairman in the US, civil society activists said on Wednesday morning. "Let us hope that servers have been seized and employees interviewed, although this should have been done a long time ago," blogger Manuel Delia told reporters at a press conference called by the Civil Society Network and Occupy Justice.  Mr Delia added that he had been told that unidentified individuals were seen entering and exiting the bank's offices overnight.  A Times of Malta reporter spotted a police officer exiting Whitehall Mansions, where the bank is based, shortly before the activists' press conference began. The groups called for Malta’s financial regulator to withdraw Pilatus’ banking licence by noon. Bank chairman Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad has been arrested in the US and charged with secretly funnelling $115 million through the US banking system from Venezuela, in violation of sanctions against the Latin American state. He faces up to 125 years in prison if found guilty. READ: What they're saying about Pilatus Bank chairman's arrestMr Delia noted that the US indictment of Mr Sadr related to alleged...