Suspect in Rf18 million fraud case escapes

A police spokesperson said today that one of the two suspects arrested in the case was released by the court claiming that the arrest was made in violation of laws. Haveeru understands that the suspect was released because the police did not seek a warrant for his arrest. Police declined to disclose details of the suspect's arrest but said the second suspect held in house arrest has been transferred to custody under a court order. Police said details of the investigation would be released later. Hussein Husham, one of the three brothers, told journalists on Thursday that the fraud case came into light when they took a statement of the State Bank of India (SBI) account on Sunday. "We called the bank when we found out that such a large amount was listed in a document that wasn't issued by us. We came to know of the fact that one of the amounts was transferred. We went to the bank and came to know of a second transaction worth Rf9.5 million made from the account," he said. Husham stressed that they spoke with the bank's CEO about the fraud case. The bank did not say it would take the responsibility, he added. The brothers are to file a case against SBI claiming that its negligence led to the fraud. Rf18 million was transferred from the joint savings account, which is owned by Ahmed 'Sheesha' Hassan Manik, Hussein Husham and Ibrahim Husham, to a Bank of Maldives (BML) account via a forged document faxed to the bank.
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