Maldives Police Service has sent cases against former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayyoom and former Legal Affairs Minister Aishath Azima Shakoor for prosecution.
In a press statement, the police service revealed it has requested the Prosecutor General to press charges against former President Yameen for money laundering and giving false statements to mislead an investigation. The police also requested charges in connection with the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) corruption probe.
In the statement, the police also revealed it has found out the person who committed the MMPRC money laundering scheme deposited a large sum of the money laundered from MMPRC to a bank account opened under the name of the former president at Maldives Islamic Bank (MIB).
The police service revealed it has requested the Prosecutor General to press charges against former Legal Affairs Minister Aishath Azima Shakoor for accessory to money laundering and giving false statements to state authorities to mislead an investigation.
In the statement, the police added it has acquired evidence to support the claim the perpetrators of the crime deposited the money from SOF Private Limited’s bank account to a bank account opened under the name of the former president at MIB and therefore, instructed the former president to return the funds to the state, but to no avail. The police stated that instead, the funds were being rotated and used to generate profit.
The charges comes at a time, documents related to the investigation; namely, an investigative report compiled by an international fraud investigation firm upon analysis of data on former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s mobile phone, were shared by the Attorney General’s Office, with the presidential commission investigating the case and the Maldives Police Service.