Scammer who defrauded MVR 1.8M fined by MVR 115,500

Criminal Court has imposed an MVR 115,500 fine on a man who defrauded MVR 1.8 million from an individual's Maldives Islamic Bank (MIB) account. 

Hassan Nahidh, Misraab, HA. Molhadhoo was charged with undue influence on someone else’s property in connection to the case.

As per the Criminal Court’s judgment, a 16-year-old had transferred money from their grandfather’s account to Nahidh’s account on multiple occasions unbeknownst to the grandfather. The money transferred in this regard totaled at MVR 1.8 million.

The judgment read that Nahidh had sent the money to his wife’s account and admitted to using the money for personal purposes during the trial. He had requested to proceed without a lawyer in the case.

Nahidh signed a plea agreement with the Prosecutor General’s Office. Criminal Court sentenced him to one year, seven months and six days in prison in accordance with the agreement.

He was also fined by MVR 115,400. However, in reference to Article 186 of the Criminal Procedure Act, the fine was decreased to MVR 113,800, to account for the time he has already spent in prison in connection to the case.

As per the judgment, the Police had recovered MVR 1.6 million out of MVR 1.8 million which Nahidh had sent to his wife’s account.