Majlis summons central bank’s ex-financial investigations head
Shakoor was head of the MMA's financial investigation unit at the time of the MMPRC embezzlement
Athif Shakoor
Athif Shakoor, former chief of central bank Maldives Monetary Authority’s financial investigation unit, has been summoned to the People’s Majlis for questioning over the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) recent report.
The parliament’s letter to Shakoor says he is to be questioned about the ACC’s report on its investigation into embezzlement out of the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), as it had happened during his tenure in 2015.
Shakoor shared the letter saying that he has ‘been looking forward to the opportunity to account’ for his seven-month tenure, and that he ‘intends to be honest and forthright’.
The ACC report reveals 155 individuals who received funds embezzled out of the MMPRC, and the amount funneled from island and lagoon leases; the report reveals the company’s then director to have authorized potentially illicit transactions and create fake receipts.
