According to a news report, appearing in another section of the local press entitled 'I own Egrant' (MaltaToday, 19 February), Brian Tonna claimed that he is 'sole owner' of Egrant Inc. One must remind him of the email dated 25 March, 2013 sent by his partner Karl Cini to Luis Quiel of Mossack Fonseca (Panama) in which the following was stated: "I presume the information and documents you sent me relate to the set-up of the new company in Panama and for the Trust. We will prepare the requested information but the ultimate beneficial owner will not be Nexia BT. It will be an individual and I will speak to Luis Quiel on Skype to give him more details."

In view of the above, it seems that both Karl Cini and Brian Tonna intended to give the lie to themselves.

Edward Torpiano

Floriana