Two sentenced for MVR 6.7 million fuel theft at FSM and MPL

The Criminal Court has convicted and sentenced two persons, including a Maldivian and a foreign national, for their involvement in a major fuel embezzlement case involving Fuel Supply Maldives (FSM) and Maldives Ports Limited (MPL). The case relates to fraudulent fuel transactions that occurred between 2019 and 2020, where fuel worth MVR 6.7 million was stolen. An audit by the Auditor General's Office revealed total losses of MVR 28.3 million. Mohamed Aiman, former Chief Manager of the Procurement Department at MPL, and Sojib, a Bangladeshi national employed as a diesel truck driver at FSM, were found guilty. Mohamed Aiman faced charges of embezzlement and giving false testimony, while Sojib was charged with embezzlement and document forgery. Both were sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement and ordered to pay MVR 6.7 million in compensation. Additionally, they received a prison sentence of nine months and 18 days for document forgery.