Two individuals, including a former chief manager of Maldives Ports Limited's Procurement Department, were convicted over the embezzlement of 783,100 litres of diesel supplied by Fuel Supplies Maldives, causing a loss of MVR 6.8 million. The court sentenced them to eight years in prison for embezzlement plus an additional nine months and 18 days for forgery, and ordered restitution of the MVR 6.8 million to the government.
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causing a financial loss of MVR 6.8 million
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Payments totalling MVR 6,799,800 were then made to FSM for the fuel.
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Between 13 January and 10 October 2020, a total of 119 delivery notes were billed and signed.
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For forgery of documents and signatures, the court ordered an additional sentence of nine months and 18 days in prison.
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