Mookey and Yasir's passports confiscated
The search of Manik and Yasir's homes in the RDC case comes at a time corruption and embezzlement cases in the incumbent administration have been unfolding recently
Former RDC Managing Director Moosa Ali Manik
The passports of former RDC Managing Director Moosa “Mookey” Ali Manik and former Chief Financial Officer Yasir Hassan have been confiscated in connection with an ongoing police investigation.
A media official at the Maldives Police Service (MPS) said the passports of the two individuals were confiscated on Saturday.
On Thursday night, police searched the apartment where former RDC Managing Director Moosa Ali Manik resides in Hulhumalé under a court order, the apartment where his ex-wife lives in Hulhumalé, as well as two locations associated with former RDC CFO Yasir Hassan.
On Thursday night, police searched Manik’s apartment and locations linked to Yasir in connection with the case, and confiscated a few electronic equipment.
MPS began investigating the case of suspected transfer of RDC funds to some former government officials and their affiliated companies last November. The police institution suspects that MVR 14 million was transferred to an account of one of the company's executives in the case.
MPS has stated that the involvement of three individuals has been confirmed in the case, and that MVR 14 million of company funds have been circulated through their personal accounts. They also said that MVR 11 million was deposited into one person's account and MVR four million into the accounts of two other individuals.
The police institution revealed that 216 transactions were made from RDC's account to the account of a person suspected to be involved in the case. Further, it has been revealed that each transaction involves several other transactions related to multiple individuals, and that the information for each account needs to be obtained separately.
According to the police institution, findings indicate that the funds believed to have been embezzled have also been transferred to some former government officials and their affiliated companies.
The RDC embezzlement case was submitted to authorities in September 2022. MPS searched RDC on 14 November 2023 in connection with the case.
The search of Manik and Yasir's homes in the RDC case comes at a time corruption and embezzlement cases in the incumbent administration have been unfolding recently, leading to snowballing public criticism.
