Former MMPRC managing director Abdulla Ziyath was handed an additional 12-year prison sentence by the Criminal Court after agreeing a plea deal over three embezzlement counts within 32 charges. He is already serving an eight-year sentence under house arrest in the MMPRC graft case, which involves funds from Maldives Ports Limited, MMPRC and the Maldives Tourism Development Corporation.
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Abdulla Ziyath, former Managing Director of the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), has been handed an additional 12-year prison sentence by the Criminal Court for financial malfeasance.
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The court heard that Ziyath faced a total of 32 charges, of which three major counts of embezzlement were deliberated.
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Embezzling MVR 2.3 million from Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) under the guise of purchasing foreign currency.
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Obtaining a US$1 million loan from the Maldives Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) and subsequently funnelling the funds to a private company.
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Abdulla Ziyath, former Managing Director of the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), has been handed an additional 12-year prison sentence by the Criminal Court for financial malfeasance.
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