A selection of news from Malta and Gozo, served with your first coffee in the morning
Bonġu News on Tuesday 11 April 2023
€300,000 to scammers
The Education Ministry paid €300,000 to scammers posing as an IT services provider. Sources told the Times of Malta that hackers issued a fake invoice for services a UK company actually provided.
‘Let them have fuel’
Sea Watch International has accused Malta of instructing a cargo ship to give fuel to boat carrying 400 people instead of coordinating rescue. On Sunday, the search and rescue NGO said its spotter plane had found the boat in distress.
Azzopardi banner down
No Deposit Cars Malta in Qormi has taken down a ‘Happy Easter’ banner targeting lawyer Jason Azzopardi.
Cutajar tax probe ‘secret’
The current status of the tax investigation into Rosianne Cutajar’s undeclared profits from a property deal is “covered by official secrecy”.
