Former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri has lodged a criminal complaint with the Commissioner of Police, demanding an investigation into several court-appointed experts who participated in the Vitals inquiry and other proceedings.

The complaint alleges that while the experts had been personally appointed by the Maltese courts, their payments were routed through a UK company, Harbinson Forensics Ltd, instead of being made directly to them.

According to the Vitals inquiry, Schembri is one of the key figures implicated in the Vitals hospitals deal.

The company was used to issue the invoices for work carried out by the experts to the court, and court documents reportedly show that over €20 million was paid for work done by these experts. But the individual experts allegedly received only a fraction of that amount, with the company retaining a substantial portion, according to the complaint.

Schembri's filing also claims that some of the experts set up UK-registered companies to process payments for tax-related reasons, and that some of these entities are now being wound up or dissolved.

The complaint further points to inconsistencies in affidavits, refusals to testify, and the use of duplicate or reconstructed invoices, all of which, it argues, may indicate potential fraudulent activity.

Schembri contends that the same experts who have accused others of mismanaging public funds may themselves have caused significant financial losses to the Maltese state. He is urging the police to open a criminal investigation into possible offences such fraud, forgery, falsification of documents, false declarations, corruption, and more

The complaint says that the investigation should be conducted urgently to prevent the destruction of records.

 Schembri's legal team says they hold documents supporting these allegations, the complaint reads.

In a parallel move, Schembri has also filed a judicial protest against the Court Services Agency, attaching the same complaint and calling on the agency to investigate.

The filings were submitted through Schembri's lawyers: Mark Vassallo, Edward Gatt, and Shaun Zammit.