Mohamed Allam Latheef 'Moho
Maldives police arrest two after house raid
The house belongs to the family of a fugitive wanted in connection with a graft scandal.
26 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Court orders freeze on fugitive’s bank accounts
The court ordered banks to freeze the personal accounts of Interpol-wanted Mohamed Allam Latheef, his father Abdul Latheef Aboobakur and accounts of 10 companies linked to them.
01 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM
Immigration revokes passport of MDP chairperson, ex-vice president’s associates
“We have shared this information with other countries. Hence, if they travel using this passport, they will face problems at the point of entry and immigration will not be responsible for any inconvenience or loss they may have to face,” said Hassan Khaleel, the department’s media official.
22 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM
Lawyers question charges raised over weapons cache
Lawyers representing jailed former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and former Colonel Ahmed Fayaz ‘Papa’ have challenged the validity of charges raised against the pair in relation to an arms cache discovered submerged in a reef last November.
04 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Fugitive admits to paying Omnia Stategy on behalf of Maldives government
“Let’s say Al Capone were to come along and tell you to do something, well you would just do it. In the Maldives, the president and Vice President are like Al Capone, so I did what they said,” says Mohamed Allam Latheef, owner of a company implicated in the Maldives biggest corruption scandal.
22 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
Omnia paid £200,000 by company implicated in Maldives’ biggest corruption scandal
Omnia Strategy, a legal consultancy firm chaired by Cherie Blair, the wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, was paid more than £200,000 by a company implicated in the Maldives’ biggest corruption scandal, The Daily Mail has revealed.
18 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
US$79m embezzled in Maldives’ biggest corruption scandal
A staggering US$79 million from the Maldives tourism promotion company was siphoned off into the bank accounts of former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s associates, including US$65 million collected as acquisition costs from leasing islands, lagoons, and plots of land for tourism.
06 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Hunt declared for eight suspects in boat blast probe
Mohamed Allam Latheef ‘Moho,’ a close associate of the vice president and the singer of a popular local band, is wanted by the police on suspicion of links to an alleged attempt to assassinate the president. The police said that Latheef has links to a weapons cache discovered on an island leased for resort development.
01 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM