Enemalta expects to recover €10 million from some 400 cases of theft by customers who took up the amnesty option, a corporation spokesman told The Sunday Times of Malta.

The amount is only one third of revenue lost to electricity theft in 2012 alone, estimated at some €30 million.

It will take years for Enemalta to recoup the €10 million as some customers have asked to pay back their dues by instalments. Meanwhile, interest rates will be charged, the spokesman said.

This amount is over and above the €500,000 The Sunday Times of Malta reported last week Enemalta would recover from the 665 ‘hidden’ files discovered by means of a ‘whistleblower’ – these did not benefit from the amnesty and had to pay their dues back within three days.

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