Couple charged after prosecution notes Mercedes they owned did not tally with their income
Unemployed couple arraigned over money laundering charges
20 May 2021, 7:44pm
by Matthew Agius
An unemployed young couple has been arraigned in court and made to answer money laundering charges after prosecutors allegedly noted that they owned a used Mercedes that did not tally with their income.
Before magistrate Monica Vella this afternoon, assisted by lawyers from the office of the Attorney General, police inspectors Paul John Farrugia and Robert Azzopardi charged Justin Farrugia and Marlene Dimech with money laundering offences.
Farrugia was unemployed after being boarded out and his girlfriend was pregnant and had a young child, the court was told.