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Allegations of fraud related to the man who fled Malta with his family after owing millions of euros are still being investigated by police before Interpol is roped in, sources said yesterday.

Ryan Schembri fled Malta with his wife and son towards the end of September after loan sharks threatened to harm the nine-year-old child if he did not pay up. Unconfirmed reports claim he owes more than €40 million to investors and suppliers.

Since Mr Schembri’s disappearance, the wife’s family have had no information on the whereabouts of the daughter and grandson, who are believed to have left for Sicily.

“Angie’s mother and I are at our wit’s end with worry. I won’t rest until that boy is safely home,” the woman’s step-father Mike Dimbleby told The Sunday Times of Malta yesterday. He had no further comment to make.

Read more in The Sunday Times of Malta.

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