Progress Press has initiated legal proceedings to recoup US$5 million from Keith Schembri and two of its former top officials.
The company said in a statement released on Wednesday that it had filed judicial protests in court against Schembri, who formerly served as chief of staff at the Office of the Prime Minister, Adrian Hillman and Vincent Buhagiar.
The action comes after police began criminal proceedings against Schembri and Buhagiar for alleged bribery and money laundering and extradition proceedings for UK-based Hillman, linked to a massive investment undertaken by the printing company.
Progress Press is a subsidiary of Allied Group, publishers of
Two Malta Enterprise engineers had inspected printing machinery purchased by Progress Press from Kasco Engineering Ltd, confirming that it was in line with the