PG Office refutes claims of decision against prosecuting SoF
The state has enough evidence to press other charges against SoF as well
President Yameen MMPRC Scandal
Prosecutor General Hussain Shameem has refuted claims that he had announced the decision to not seek charges against Scores of Flair, the company implicated in the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) grand embezzlement case.
PG Shameem noted that he had never decided against pressing charges against SoF and that the court had revealed that charges will not be pressed against the company in connection to the charges transactions against incarcerated Former President Abdulla Yameen.
However, PG Shameem stated that the state has acquired enough evidence to raise additional charges against the company.
Shameem, highlighting that the decision to not seek charges against SoF was made before he assumed office, and that the office had upheld the decision.
Yameen was sentenced to five years in prison on 28 November 2019, after being found guilty of laundering USD one million through state-owned MMPRC via a private company, Scores of Flair, during his presidential tenure. He was also given a fine totaling USD five million, along with the jail sentence, to be settled within six months.
The corruption trial against Yameen over the lease of R. Fuhgiri for resort development, is also ongoing. Further, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the Presidential Inquiry Commission on Asset Recovery as well as the Maldives Police Service are currently conducting probes against the ex-president, regarding the MMPRC grand corruption case.
The largest case of embezzlement recorded in the Maldives history, the MMPRC graft case saw millions in state funds earned via leasing of islands and lagoons, embezzled from the MMPRC and deposited into several accounts linked to SoF.
