Corrupt accountant Brian Tonna is moving money through Pilatus Bank to the Prime Minister’s chief of staff

Willerby Trade Inc, the offshore company registered in the British Islands and owned personally by corrupt accountant Brian Tonna, holds an account at Pilatus Bank from which money is moved to accounts held by Keith Schembri, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, at the Bank of Valletta. The reason for the movement of the funds appears to be some Russian citizens.

Pilatus Bank was registered in Malta in December 2013 and has a category 2 banking licence from the Malta Financial Services Authority, issued in August 2015. It is headquartered at Whitehall Mansions in Ta’ Xbiex.

The bank is owned by Pilatus Holdings, registered in Malta, which is in turn owned by Alpene Ltd, a company registered in Hong Kong. But the ultimate beneficial owner appears to be the Iranian-born Seyed Ali Sadr Hasheminejad (sometimes given as Hashemi Nejad), who holds a passport from St Kitts & Nevis. His registered address in the records of the Malta Financial Services Authority is Bethesda, Washington, USA, but records for his UK companies – Pilatus Capital Ltd and Pilatus Trade & Finance Ltd – have him down as living in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

Read more about Willerby Trade Inc and Brian Tonna here.

Brian Tonna, the ultimate beneficial owner of no-longer-secret BVI company, Willerby Trade Inc.