Abdulla Maumoon, former managing director of Maldive Gas Private Limited, has denied all allegations of fraud brought against him.
The Prosecutor General's Office has charged Maumoon with seven counts of bribery.
The charges against Maumoon are as follows:
- On April 7, 2016, a deposit of USD 29,941.50 was made into Maumoon's BML account.
- On June 7, 2016, Maumoon deposited USD 49,921.50 into a Bank of Ceylon account and USD 12,201.50 into a BML account linked to Mon Arc Private Limited, a company associated with him.
- On August 1, 2016, a USD 49,949.50 deposit was made into the Mon Arc company account linked to Maumoon.
- On April 9, 2017, I Developers Private Limited, a company linked to Maumoon, allegedly deposited USD 24,930 into an Islamic bank account.
- On May 15, 2017, Maumoon attempted to deposit USD 46,555 into an Islamic bank account.
- On August 23, 2017, USD 49,955 was deposited into Maumoon’s Islamic bank account.
- On October 8, 2017, USD 34,950 was deposited into Maumoon’s brother Ahmed Hameed’s bank account.
A total of USD 298,403.50 was deposited into accounts linked to Maumoon and his associates as alleged bribes, amounting to MVR 4.6 million in local currency.
The criminal court held hearings for the cases today to deliver charges and respond to them. The state has filed seven charges against Maumoon during today’s trial.
After the state presented its charges, Maumoon denied them.
Following his denial, the trial court granted Maumoon 12 days to present defence evidence and pre-trial submissions. The state has been given 10 days to respond to any defence evidence or pre-trial submissions submitted by Maumoon.
Judge Ismail Shafiu is presiding over the case.
Maumoon, who was living abroad at the time he was charged with seven bribery counts, was requested to appear in court. Hussain Shameem, who was the prosecutor general at the time, requested the criminal court to issue an order to produce Maumoon in custody after he refused to appear.
Maumoon returned to the Maldives after the court issued the order but was not arrested.
