On the detailed report of the investigation of the corruption scandal of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) revealed SOF Private Limited, which received the largest amount of the scandal, deposited money to accounts of four parliamentarians.
The report publicised the bank accounts and identities of the owners of the bank accounts involved in the scam, and the islands leased by the corporation. The largest amount of the scandal was deposited to SOF Private Limited, which amounts to USD 64.8 million, according to the report. Out of those, a large amount of cash was deposited to private accounts. In this regard, several amounts were deposited to state ministers and parliamentarians.
While USD 80 million from MMPRC funds were deposited to other accounts, Minister of State for Planning and Urban Development Akram Kamaaludeen received USD 30,000 and President of Football Association of Maldives (FAM) Bassam Adeel Jaleel received USD 29,000.
Moreover, many parliamentarians, state owned companies and family members of senior posts of the government were deposited with large amounts of cash, according to the report. In this regard, Red Wave Private Limited, which Parliamentarian Ahmed Saleem is a shareholder, received USD 1.5 million. Moreover, sibling of Parliamentarian Ahmed Nihan Hussain Manik, Mohamed Inaan Hussein was received USD 150,000.
The report submitted on ACC website shows investigation on 57 islands, further highlighting the acquisition cost of the islands were deposited to other bank accounts after endorsing checks rather than depositing it to the bank account of MMPRC.