Prosecutors file money laundering case against Yameen

The Prosecutor General’s Office has on Wednesday filed money laundering charges against former president Abdulla Yameen with the Criminal Court.

The office said that two cases of money laundering have been forwarded to the Criminal Court; the police filed the case on 6th February.

In late January, the Attorney General’s Office had compiled a case against Yameen, which was sent both to the police and the presidential commission on asset recovery.

The Attorney General’s case refers to forensic evidence from mobile phones used by former president Ahmed Adeeb.

The police have also interrogated Yameen over large sums of money in an account operated by him.