12 Facts About Yorgen Fenech

Yorgen Fenech was born on 23 November 1981 and is a Maltese businessman whose main interests are casinos and hotels in Malta, and a suspect facing criminal charges in multiple proceedings for murder, corruption, money laundering, and the illicit purchase of firearms and poison.

Yorgen Fenech was head of the Tumas Group and director of the Maltese-Azerbaijan-German company ElectroGas Malta.

Yorgen Fenech is a key figure in the 2019 Malta political crisis and 2019 protests in Malta.

Yorgen Fenech is set to face criminal charges over plans for payments from his secret offshore company, 17 Black, via secret offshore financial structures to government officials identified in the Panama Papers.

Yorgen Fenech was identified in 2018 as being the owner of the Ajman-registered company 17 Black.

Yorgen Fenech was listed in the Panama Papers and investigative journalist Caruana Galizia had written about 17 Black eight months before her death, alleging the company had links to Joseph Muscat's chief of staff Keith Schembri and to former energy minister Konrad Mizzi.

Yorgen Fenech was CEO of the Tumas Group and a director of energy company ElectroGas Malta; in 2019 he resigned from both positions.

Group chair and shareholder, Raymond Fenech, and group shareholder Franco Fenech, uncle and brother to Yorgen Fenech, are both implicated in assisting his escape from Malta shortly before his arrest for murder.

Yorgen Fenech promised information about the murder case and other offenses, in exchange for immunity.

Yorgen Fenech is said to have served as a secret messenger between Schembri and Fenech.

Yorgen Fenech's multiple applications for bail have all been denied, with the judge determining that he was a flight risk, citing his access to cryptocurrencies, plans to immigrate to the United States, and the purchase of cyanide and grenades.

Investigations for fraud and or money laundering are being undertaken on a number of business connected to Yorgen Fenech, including ElectroGas Malta.