Comments on: Brian Tonna taking €111,221 in referral fees for each Maltese passport sold

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:52:00 +0000

Willerby Trade Inc’s is a referral fee.

By: A. Cremona

A. Cremona — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:53:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Caruana Galizia. And they're backstabbing Konrad. He gets zilch.

By: Gidmejmun

Gidmejmun — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:35:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Or perhaps the split went something like this, after allowing 10% for expenses, including taxes. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/65e80c89247675d8527fff69b9dca59257b94f81ab5ef09ffba223d11de9c5ce.png

By: Clemens Hasengschwandtner

Clemens Hasengschwandtner — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:03:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Caruana Galizia.

I just ran a Google search, and seems that every law and auditing firm in Malta has a license to get 111, 000 euros for a referral. The goodies are distributed fairly – they all have their fingers in the honey pot – nice and easy

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:53:00 +0000

Why do think so many people are flogging them and why the Nationalist Party refuses to commit on scrapping the scheme?

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:43:00 +0000

You know, that’s exactly what I said to my husband when we were watching the press conference. The referral fees figure, when multiplied by 2, is neatly divisible by 3 Russians – but the figure of 100,000 euros is clearly made to be split in half.

By: just me

just me — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:33:00 +0000

We all have been wondering where the money from the sale of passports was. Now we know. They have been splitting it up between them.

I wonder how much Joseph Muscat’s share was for each passport sold.

By: WTF

WTF — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:12:00 +0000

You put Sherlock Holmes to shame.

By: Joseph Simon

Joseph Simon — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 22:18:00 +0000

The fact that Brian Tonna, who set up secret companies in Panama for the key people at the Office of the Prime Minister, received €333,000 for handling the sale of 3 passports is scandalous enough already.

This is equivalent to 35 years income for a person on minimum wage. Can’t Identity Malta handle these applications directly and take the fees itself ?

How do we know where foreign passport buyers who contact the Office of the Prime Minister or Identity Malta are passed on to? Brian Tonna or some other insider?