Audit exposes corruption at National Center for Information Technology
Wrongdoing was flagged in three projects worth over MVR90 million.
19 Sep 2019, 9:00 AM
A special audit of the National Center for Information Technology has revealed corrupt bidding practices in three projects worth over MVR90 million (US$5.8 million).
The NCIT violated public finance regulations in the three projects carried out between 2016 and 2018, according to the audit report published this week.
All three projects were awarded to Maxcom Technologies. The audit implicated former state minister for finance Mohamed Ashmalee in awarding one of the projects without a competitive bidding process.
Ashmalee, a senior member of the former ruling party, was in charge of NCIT during the previous administration.
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