ACC files away case on prior government paying off forensic accounting firm
3 ޑިސެމްބަރު 2018 | ހޯމަ 01:49Waheed's administration paid Grant Thornton USD 10 million to stop its investigation on illegal oil trade allegedly involving Maumoon and Yameen
Former President Abdulla Yameen
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed away a case on a prior government paying an international forensic accounting firm USD 10 million so it would stop investigating former presidents Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s alleged involvement in international illegal oil trade.
RaajjeMV understands that ACC has concluded that there is not enough evidence to conclude that either Yameen or Maumoon were involved in illegal oil trade, adding that the Maldives government has not received an investigative report or any information from the accounting firm, Grant Thornton.
ACC’s vice president Muahviz Rasheed has confirmed that the case has been filed but did not give any details.
However, ACC is still investigating the case of Yameen being involved in illegal oil trade with the Burmese military junta worth USD 800 million when he was the head of State Trading Organization (STO) during Maumoon’s administration.
President Mohamed Waheed’s government paid Grant Thornton USD 10 million after giving into pressure from Yameen, said Waheed’s advisor Dr. Hassan Saeed during the 2013 presidential election.
