Inland Revenue Commissioner Marvin Gaerty is no longer on police bail.

Gaerty was put on police bail last December following his interrogation over chats with Yorgen Fenech, charged with masterminding the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Gaerty’s lawyers Franco Debono and Amadeus Cachia told Times of Malta when contacted on Saturday that their client had been called by the Financial Crime Investigation Department and told there was no need to report at their offices for an appointment he had been given for Monday. 

Gaerty had been questioned by police on December 22 as part of an investigation into trading in influence involving Fenech.

Investigators had been looking into a 2014 message exchange between Gaerty and Fenech, following an analysis of Fenech's mobile phone. 
Gaerty and Fenech had been in touch over an outstanding VAT issue.

VAT inspectors had found irregularities following an inspection at the Portomaso tower in St Julian's, where the Fenechs’ Tumas business empire is based.

Despite the irregularities, tax authorities had opted against going to court, with the dispute instead being settled through an administrative fine as allowed by law.

Gaerty had said he had no relationship at all with Fenech and was never offered any gifts by the business magnate.