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Malta’s FIAU And The Pilatus Bank Scandal

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There is no stop to the scandals in which Malta’s FIAU is embroiled. Pilatus Bank was a Malta-based bank with a license issued by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) when Edward Scicluna was the Minister of Finance. Today, Scicluna is the Central Bank Governor of Malta. In September 2016, the Malta FIAU inspection highlighted several shortcomings in the bank’s operations. But the FIAU issued a clean bill of health.

A Maltese Casino Fined A Pittance For Facilitating A Drug Dealer And A Tax Evader!

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Casino Malta Limited failed to report suspected activities by an alleged drug trafficker and another player linked to bribery and tax evasion. Malta’s FIAU announced it had fined Casino Malta, run by Eden Leisure Gaming, €233,000 for serious and systemic failures in its measures to prevent financial crime. The directors of the casino are Ian De Cesare, Kevin De Cesare, and Corey David Plummer. Allegedly, Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela was legal counsel to the Eden Leisure Group.

Novum Bank Of Dutch Billionaire Marcel Boekhoorn Fined By Maltese AML Regulator!

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The Maltese-registered Novum Bank was fined €89,156 by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) in August 2022, following an onsite compliance review that was carried out in 2019. It is unknown why FIAU waited more than three years to dish out the fine. The Malta-based bank owned by the Dutch billionaire Marcel Boekhoorn has been fined by FIAU for shortcomings in its efforts to detect potential money laundering. Novum Bank was ordered to tighten up its checks on clients.

Courts Rule That Malta’s FIAU Hugely Over-Fined Firms and Professionals To Impress FATF!

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Malta was grey listed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in June 2021. This had been long coming. In a bid to not become grey listed and impress the FATF, Malta’s Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) was over-fining individuals and firms. The FATF did not fall for such games and grey-listed Malta. The FIAU continued issuing very high fines to targeted companies and individuals. Malta has now been removed from the FATF grey list after a year. Some companies and individuals who were hugely fined took legal action against the FIAU.

Malta’s FIAU Excessively Over-Fined Notorious Satabank!

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A fine imposed on the now-defunct Bulgarian-owned laundromat Satabank plc by Malta's Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) has been slashed from €327,500 to €68,000 after the bank appealed the penalty. The FIAU announced that a fine they had issued against the bank in October 2018 had been reduced by the Court of Appeal (Inferior Jurisdiction). As usual, details of the judgment have not been disclosed to the public. Satabank became notorious with a €3.7M AML/CFT penalty.

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