Maldives Police Service has forwarded a case of money laundering against former President Yameen Abdul Gayyoom and former Legal Affairs Minister of the President’s Office Azimar Shukoor to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
A statement issued by the police last night states that the former President is being charged with money laundering and for providing false information to the investigative authorities. Also, they stated that Azima is being charged for assisting former President to launder money and for providing false information to the investigative authorities.
The police sent their cases to the Prosecutor General yesterday. According to Maldives Police Service when investigative authorities found that the money deposited to President Yameen’s account by SOF were money embezzled from MMPRC, the former president was requested to return the money but he refused to do it and invested the money in the bank.
Maldives Police Service summoned President Yameen and Azima Shukoor several times in the past few weeks regarding the case.
