Bank staff arrested over leak of transactions by company in MMPRC scandal
A senior national bank staff was arrested Thursday on a charge of leaking details of financial transactions by a company involved in the Maldives’ biggest corruption scandal.
22 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
A senior national bank staff was arrested Thursday on a charge of leaking details of financial transactions by a company involved in the Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal.
Gasim Abdul Kareem, 50 years, manager at the Bank of Maldives’ Nilandhoo branch, is accused of revealing confidential information, eavesdropping and spying, according to the arrest warrant obtained by The Maldives Independent.
A court has remanded Gasim for a further five days.
Sources familiar with the matter said Gasim had emailed screen shots of transactions made by SOF Pvt Ltd, a company which had channelled the bulk of some US$80million from public funds obtained through resort leases to private accounts. The emails were sent to some 500 staff at the bank and forwarded to another 99 people.
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