Police officer in Jonathan Ferris perjury case also led Karl Cini investigation

A former top police officer who investigated both Jonathan Ferris and Karl Cini for Egrant perjury was unable to tell a court why only one of the two had been charged with the crime. 

Yvonne Farrugia testified that she had questioned both men and treated the two cases with equal priority. But when asked why only Ferris had been charged with perjury, she said she could not say.

“I wish to answer that question, but I’m bound by loyalty to the court and my work. I take responsibility for my work…,” Farrugia told the court. 

She was testifying in proceedings against Ferris, a former police inspector and FIAU officer who stands accused of lying under oath while testifying before magistrate now judge Aaron Bugeja about secret company Egrant. 

Farrugia told the court she was assigned the task of investigating Ferris by her then-boss at the Financial Crimes Investigation Department, assistant commissioner Ian Abdilla, in August 2018.

She left the police force to join the European Public Prosecutors’ Office in August 2020 and the investigation had not yet been concluded by that point. Farrugia said she had still not decided on how to proceed with it by that stage. 

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