Allegedly fraudulent head of Maleesha Hajj Group in Malaysia, reveal police
06 Nov 2012, 6:52 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Superintendent of Police Mohamed Riyaz has told parliament’s Government Oversight Committee that police have received reports that the Head of Maleesha Hajj Group, Ismail Abdul Latheef is in Malaysia.
Police began searching for 42 year-old in late September after it was alleged that he had defrauded 175 people of MVR 12 million (US$778,000) after they made payments to the Maleesha Hajj Group to travel to Mecca to perform Hajj.
Riyaz said police were trying to verify the information concerning Latheef’s whereabouts.
Officials from the Ministry of Islamic Affairs and police were summoned by parliament’s Government Oversight Committee to determine the progress they had made in locating Latheef, and the missing money.
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