A man from the Dominican Republic was found guilty of possessing more than the prescribed limit of €10,000 when entering or leaving the country, yet he was acquitted of charges of money laundering.

He was stopped at the airport in September 2009 after he was found to be carrying €18,120 in cash, when he had declared €6,000. 47-year-old.

Carlos Friars was fined €4,540.

Magistrate Edwina Grima said that there was not enough concrete evidence linking the money to criminal activity.

In a separate hearing 21-year-old Giorgi Kheladze from Georgia was jailed for eight months suspended for two years after he admitted to stealing a Mac Laptop from the iCentre in Guardamangia in June 2011.

Giorgi Kheladze, who lives in Guardamangia is studying in Malta.

The court ordered the man to pay €1,068, the cost of the stolen laptop, within four months.

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