US citizen scammed by John Dalli calls his bluff
“I bought this flat on a minister’s salary.”
Regina Hayes, one of the US citizens scammed by John Dalli and his daughters – she wired her life savings to an account held by their company Corporate Group Ltd, at HSBC Bank in St Julian’s, and the money vanished – has called his bluff after he accused them of “conspiring with OLAF to blackmail” him and said he would sue them in a United States court.
Commenting on The Malta Independent portal, beneath the statement he released today, Mrs Hayes wrote:
John Dalli, I wouldn’t leave your safe haven if I were you. People have been convicted (even) on circumstantial evidence in the US courts.
Calling us conspirators instead of victims is a bit much. If you say you know nothing about what went on with the company called Tyre Ltd. which sports your mailing address on its letterhead, then I would go after those persons instead of threatening 70-year-old ladies who’ve lost their life savings.
You hide behind your daughters, which is shameful. I’m wondering if you will go so far as to throw your daughters under the bus to save your hide. We haven’t shown all our cards yet, so don’t think you are safe.
Mrs Hayes also wrote, in a separate comment about his statement:
No one has accused you of renting the $8000.00 a month villa. You make sure your name is never on a legal document. You use your daughters as your mule.
As you knew when you gave your rebuttal that your daughter Claire (Gauci Borda) rented the villa and also knew what it was to be used for. Not a family get together, unless you consider internationally known fraudsters as your extended family.
You also make sure there is only one other person when you negotiate a transaction i.e. Swedish Match or when you resigned as EU Commissioner.
It will always come down to he said/she said. You know how the system works and you use it to your advantage.