MDP revives money laundering claims
The MDP says a forensic accounting firm has validated previous reports about a US$1.5 billion scheme.
20 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has renewed allegations about a plot to launder US$1.5 billion in cash through Maldivian banks in 2015.
A preliminary report received Tuesday from forensic accounting firm KRyS Global validates previous media reports, the MDP said in a statement.
The report was based on a “forensic review and analysis of 80,890 messages (phone and encrypted messages)” taken from the phone of former vice president Ahmed Adeeb, which exposed “overwhelming evidence” that the scheme was “planned and coordinated at the most senior levels of President [Abdulla] Yameen’s government.”
It involved depositing cash in US$60 million tranches in a Bank of Maldives account under a cover story of leasing a lagoon for resort development.
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