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3 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 21 MAY 2023 NEWS making sense of the revelations Nationalist MP submits new evidence in magisterial inquiry Concessionaires spent big after securing the deal ANOTHER revelation from the investigation showed that the concessionaires were spending big while the promised investments in the three hospitals nev- er materialised. VGH shift- ed at least €21 million to Bluestone Investments, its Maltese parent company. Meanwhile, Bluestone's ac- counts were being used for private spending on five- star hotels and luxury cars. Indeed, the account was being used to spend hun- dreds of thousands of euros in beauty salons, private school fees, jewellery shops, and Netflix subscriptions. Half a million euros were spent on hotel and travel expenses, while €248,000 was spent at the local Mercedes Benz agents. The financial data al- so shows a €6,300 stay at a Hilton in Montenegro, €25,000 in payments to Five Star Hotels Ltd, and a €3,500 payment at the Marina Hotel Corinthia in Malta. A person claiming to be privy to the obscure deal- ings in the Steward hospitals deal approached Nationalist MP Mark Anthony Sammut between Wednesday and Thursday with evidence that suggests fraud in the deal. On Thursday morning, the MP submitted four volumes of documentation to Magis- trate Gabriella Vella, who is leading the inquiry into the hospitals deal. This is the first time a wit- ness has stepped forward to share information about the hospitals' concession. Sammut said the docu- ments include agreements between the involved par- ties, emails, chats and mes- sages exchanged between representatives of Steward Health Care, Vitals Global Healthcare, Labour politi- cians, people in high office, legal consultants of the La- bour government and high officials from the public ser- vice. The content of the docu- ments was not made pub- lic, and it remains unclear whether the whistleblower is or was a public official. Bernard Grech and Mark Anthony Sammut The Hilton hotel in Montenegro