Tinfaqa għal kollox il-bużżieqa tal-Partit Nazzjonalista

Minn dak li hareg illum gie konefrmat b’ mod kategoriku u assolut li ma hemm l-ebda tixhim jew korruxzzjoni. Ma hemm l-ebda Azerbaijan jew kwalunkwe kuntratt iehor relatat mal-Gvern ta’ Malta. Jikkonferma ukoll li l-miljuni ta’ Simon Busuttil ma jezistux. Tant hu hekk li dik kienet ir-raguni principali li l-Banek barranin qatt ma fethu kontijiet bankarji.

Keith Schembri minn dejjem kien fin-negozju. Fil-mument li huwa dahal fil-kariga tieghu ta’ Chief of Staff tal-Prim Ministru huwa rrizenja mit-tmexxija tal-kumpaniji tieghu. Ovvjament huwa dejjem baqa shareholder ta’ l-interessi kummercjali tieghu. Kull pretenzjoni xort ohra hija redikola. Minkejja li Keith Schembri telaq t-tmexxija tal-kumpaniji tieghi ma jfissirx li l-istess kumpanija u l-interessi kummercjali tieghu ma kienux ser jkomplu jimxu l-quddiem u jespandu kif xieraq, u dana permezz tat-tmexxija tal-bord tad-diretturi tal-Group.

Kull missier mistenni li jaghmel minn kollox sabiex jassigura li uliedu jghixu ahjar minnhu. Li dan is-sentiment genwin qieghed jintuza sabiex jsir kapital minn min ghandu interessi partiggjani juri l-livell meskin li lesti jinzlu fih. Minkejja dan l-interessi kummercjali u patrimonju tieghu ,certament kulhadd jaccetta li Keith Schembri ghandu obbligu u dover bhala missier u kap ta’familja li jippreserva u jikkonsolida fl-interess tieghu u ta’ familtu.

Kien ghalhekk illi fl-14 ta’ Marzu, 2015 huwa ingaggja lil Nexia BT, l-awdituri tal-Kasco Group ghal dawn l-ahhar 20 sena, sabiex jistabilixxu trust bil-ghan li jikkonsolida l-assi u l-interessi kummercjali tieghu, inkluz l-assi li jinsabu fit-trust ezistenti li ghandu ma bank lokali. L-ghan tat-Trust huwa ta’ “Estate Planning generally; Preservation of family assets; Family Succession Planning.” Sabiex jkun jista jaghmel dan b’ mod efficjenti huwa inghata l-parir li l-interessi kummercali tieghu, kemm passati, prezenti u futuri li kien ser jitfa fit-trust, jitfaghhom f’ kumpanija li tigi

settled

fit-Trust. Kien ghalhekk li fit-2 ta’ Lulju, 2015 huwa akkwista

shelf company

Tillgate Inc, stabbilita fil-Panama, u li gja kienet fil-pussess ta’ Nexia BT, li kif spjegat Nexia BT stess u kif jaghmlu

service providers

ohrajn, hija akkwistat sabiex tkun tista taqdi l-klijenti taghha fil-pront. Sussegwentment fit-22 ta’ Lulju 2015 huwa ikkostitwixxa il-Haast Trust fi New Zealand u fl-istess gurnata ttrasferixxa l-kumpanija lit-Trust.

Kull kumpanija biex topera ghandha bzonn kont bankarju u kien ghalhekk li Mossack Fonseca, tqabbdet biex tesplora il-possibbilta li jinfetah kont bankarju li huwa necessarju ghal kull struttura ta’ dan it-tip. Huwa evdienti li kienu diversi banek li maghhom sar kuntatt. Jirrizulta ukoll li l-istess banek riedu depoziti gholjin ta’ miljuni u aktar. Sal-lum l-istess kumpanija, u t-Trust ghadhom minghajr ebda kont bankarju u ma hemm l-ebda flus fihom. Lanqas qatt ma eskuda illi ipoggi flejjes, u investimenti li huwa ghandu ma banek lokali fit-trust ta’New Zealand.

Jigi emfasizzat ukoll li qatt ma kien hemm l-intenzjoni li din l-istruttura b’ xi mod tinzamm mistura mill-awtoritajiet fiskali Maltin. Kif jista jikkonferma kull konsulent tat-taxxa, id-dhul ta’ Keith Schembri kif ukoll tal-kumpaniji tieghu jithallsu Malta jigi minn fejn jigi dak id-dhul. It-Trust minnufih giet iddikjarata ma’ l-awtoritajiet relevanti fi New Zealand, u sussegwentement ma’ l-awtoritajiet Maltin.

Kull insinwazzjoni ohra hija inveritiera, malizzjuza u intenzjonata unikament biex taghmel il-hsara.

Australian Financial Review

Huwa illum ukoll evidenti illi Neil Chenoweath ta’ l-AFR qieghed jhawwad u jostura l-fatti ghal kollox mhux relatati. Jekk hux b’ intenzjoni jew le ghandu jirrispondi ghaliha hu.

L-artikolu tieghu ppublikat fl-10 ta’ April, 2015, huwa mifni b’ inezattezzi, tahwid u skorrettezzi. L-iprem fosthom hija li l-kumpanji fil-panama gew kostitwiti hames granet wara l-elezzjoni generali ta’ l-2013. Dan mhu veru xejn. Il-kumpanija Tillgate Inc giet regisrata minn Mossack Fonseca fil-15 ta’ Lulju 2013, ghajr milli hamest ijiem wara. L-istess kumpanija giet akwistata minn Nexia BT fid-9 ta’ Awwissu 2013 bhala

shelf company

. Keith Schembri qatt ma kellu konoxxenza ta’ l-esitenza tal-kumpanija Tillgate Inc qabel ma akkwista u wisq inqas kellu xi interess jew kontroll fuq il-kumpanija sakemm giet ittrasferita lilu fit-2 ta’Lulju 2015.

Il-fondi li kienu ser jghaddu f’ din il-kumpanija huma ggenerati mill-patrimonju personali tieghu u l-attivita kummercjali tal-kumpaniji tieghu, kemm dawk ezistenti kif ukoll prospettivi. Xejn izjed u xejn aktar. Kien ghalhekk li Nexia BT gustament infurmaw lil banek li ssors ta’ flus kienu ser jkun minn

‘waste recycling’

u attivitajiet ohra, li lkoll jaghmlu parti mill-portafoll ta’ attivitajiet kumercjali li huwa ghandu interess fihom. Attivitajiet li personalment fihom investa sa minn qabel ma dahal fil-politika. Oltre minnhekk il-Kasco Group baqghet u ser tkompli tespandi l-attivitajiet taghha, possibbiliment attivitajiet godda fosthom ‘

remote gaming´

u ‘

RFID technology’,

u dan anke barra minn xtutna, kif fil-fatt fejn ilha taghmel, bhal prezenza taghha fl-Ingilterra, l-Italja, Grecja, Spanja u pajjizi ohrajn.

Huwa car ukoll mill-artikolu li deher fl-AFR li korrisprondeza f’ isem klijenti ohra ta’ Nexia BT qeghdin jigu attribwiti lil Keith Schembri, daqs li kieku l-unika klijent ta’ Nexia BT huwa Keith Schembri jew ufficjali ohra tal-Gvern.

B’ mod kategoriku u assolut Keith Schmebri jichad illi huwa kellu xi intenzjoni illi jidhol f’ negozju ma’ Konrad Mizzi. Il-konfuzzjoni assoluta li l-AFR qeghda taghmel fil-korrispondenza li hija ghandha qieghed jwassal ghal din l-allegazzjoni assurda rrapportata llum. Din l-istess konfuzzjoni tirrizulta mill-korrispondenza li baghat Neil Chenoweth stess lil Keith Schembri, li fl-interess tal-verita qeghda tigi ppublikata flimkien ma din l-istqarrija. Ma hemm l-ebda relazzjoni bejn Keith Schmebri jew il-kumpaniji tieghu u l-persuni hemm msemmija.

Filwaqt li l-interess ahhar ta’ Neil Chenoweth jafa hu biss, din il-konfuzzjoni furzata u ghal kollox spekulattiva tindika li huwa influwenzat minn persuni li ghandhom interess jaghmlu hsara lil Keith Schembri u lil Gvern in generali. Wiehed ma jistax ma jinnotax li fl-ICIJ jahdem Matthew Caruana Galizia, iben Daphne Caruana Galizia. Huwa certament fatt stramb li filwaqtli l-ICIJ ma hassitx li kellha tinkludi lil Keith Schembri fil-lista taghha, gurnalist awstraljan jidher li ghamilha l-missjoni tieghu li jassogetta lil Keith Schembri ghal ‘

trial by media’

u dana sabiex jimmalafamah u jiddenegralu r-reputazzjoni u l-unur tieghu.

Keith Schmebri jinforma illi huwa gja ingaggja avukati awstraljani sabiex jiehu il-passi necessarji sabiex jipprotegi r-reputazzjoni tieghu kif ukoll l-interessi kummercjali legittimi tieghu.

Date:

12 April 2016 at 1:32:29 PM GMT+2

Subject:

Australian Financial Review media query

Dear Mr Schembri

I work in Sydney as a journalist wiht The Australian Financial Review, the n aitonal business newspaper.

I am responding in the first instance to your letter to the paper of April 10. While you and Mr Konrad Mizzi state that you had no beneficial interest in Tillgate Inc and Hearville until July 2 2015, the emails from Mr Cini in March 2013 clearly state that he was seeking to set up a Panama company and a trust for a client, and he specifically said it was not a shelf company for Nexia BT. There is a continuity in the references to the Panama companies as linked to a trust, and references to clients. You’d be aware that Mossack Fonseca required extensive due diligence from yourself and Mr Mizzi for several months before you formally acquired the interest in Tillgate.

You’ll also note that in April 2013 you gave signed instructions to replace yourself as a director of your BVI company Colson Services with a Mossack Fonseca employee, and for your sharehelding to be moved to a nominee company in Panama. The same MF employee incorporated Tillgate and the Tillgate share was held by the same MF nominee company in Panama as held your Colson share.

In reference to your statement in the email that you set up the structure for estate planning, I note that Mr Cini as your agent informed Mossack Fonsec that it was for the purpose of holding minority investments in recycling in Dubai and India, and in remote gaming, and that these were market sensitive if your shareholding became known.

I note that Mr Ivan Camilleri was seeking documentation for his BVI company Berdil Limited. In other contemporaneous emails Ms Nilay Camilleri refered to holding an interest in a gaming licence in Curacao. Were these your prospective investors?

For clarity I note that in addition to attempting to open a bank account for the two Panamanian companies in Dubai, Mossack Fonseca also contacted FPB Bank, Bank of Saint Lucia International, Winterbotham, Itaú (Miami), BSI (Panamá), and Brickell Bank (Miami), a total of seven banks, in anattempt to open an account. Mr Cini informed Mossack Fonseca that the proposed bank account would be the operating accounts of the panama companies. Estimated deposits over one year were to be around Eur350k, and that eventually on Decemebr 2 via Mr Cini you gave instructions to open an account at BSI: “Go ahead to start the opening of the accounts for those 2 panama companies.”

This appears to be in conflict with the account of this investment which you have provided, Could you clarify this?

Yours Faithfully,

Neil Chenoweth

Neil Chenoweth

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The Australian Financial Review

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