Civil Court orders freezing of accounts of 10 companies of SOF-MMPRC fund misappropriation

The Civil Court has ordered that the financial accounts of 10 companies be frozen, along with ones owned by two individuals be frozen over the embezzelement case involving the MMPRC.

The two individuals are Scores of Flair’s (SoF) Mohamed Allaam Latheef and his father, Abdul Latheef Abu Bakr.

Further, the 10 companies are also linked either to the Scores of Flair or the aforementioned men.

• SoF Private Limited
• SoF Studio Private Limited
• SoF Service Private Limited
• Wild Almond Private Limited
• Prenza Printers Private Limited
• Dhivehi Media Group Private Limited
• SoF Development Private Limited
• Gladion Private Limited
• Gladion Management Private Limited
• Business Maldives Private Limited

The state had asked that the accounts of the these companies and individuals be frozen over the prosecution’s investigation into them, over a cheque of MVR 2.5 million issued from the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) was deposited to the Scores of Flair’s accounts.

The prosecution had asked the state to have the accounts of an individual named Ali Ishfaah as well, who was employed by the Scores of Flair company. However, the state had refused on the grounds that the prosecution had not clearly stated what his relation to the case was.

Further, last year the Civil Court had ordered the Scores of Flair to pay a sum of 160 million in a case involving the loss of MVR 1.22 billion.