Ex-head of financial watchdog requests for plea deal

1 week ago

The Prosecutor General’s Office has stated that former head of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), Ibrahim Athif Shukoor has requested for a plea agreement with the office.  Athif was charged money laundering and financing of terrorism in late February 2020. He was charged for his failure to notify the authorities regarding suspicious financial activity in