Victims of K-Part fraud states they are hopeless in receiving justice despite Hassan Mamdhooh (Manday) being jailed pending the outcome of his trial.
The Prosecutor General’s Office filed criminal charges against Manday and his acquaintance Jaishan Saeed in December last year, with Manday pressed with 104 charges and Jaishan pressed with 98 charges. The charges against them include money laundering, fraud, misappropriation, and providing counterfeit documents to individuals to defraud them.
Their trial began in Criminal Court on July 30th.
The Court ordered Manday to be jailed pending the outcome of the trial on Monday after Manday failed to attend hearings on multiple occasions.
Maldives Correctional Service’s Spokesperson Yusreen Ahmed confirmed to Sun on Tuesday that Manday has been arrested following the Court’s order. He is currently being detained a Hulhumale’ Prison, she added.
Many individuals who were defrauded in K-Park case are part a movement called, ‘K-Park Victims’, in pursuit of justice.
One of the senior members of the team who spoke with Sun on Tuesday said there will be no justice by “running” after Manday all the time while emphasizing the need for decisions from the government and Housing Development Corporation (HDC).
The cited the team’s most significant concern as the fact that former administrations have paid no attention to the matter despite a large number of people incurring huge losses.
“The government has yet to disclose their course of action. Nothing related to the case has been disclosed. PPM’s administration has concluded. MDP’s administration has concluded. The current administration has not said anything either. This is not acceptable. Something should be done,” the member said.
K-Park Victims have been begging relevant authorities for justice. The team affirmed that they will continue their activities in this trajectory.
The fraudulent sale of the K-Park apartments was submitted for police investigation by both Hanbo – the project’s developer – and Housing Development Corporation (HDC). 
Manday and Jaishan are accused of doctoring documents by forging the signature of Hanbo’s majority shareholders, and opening an account in the company’s name with the Bank of Maldives (BML) despite the company already having opened its banking account with State Bank of India in order to defraud multiple clients.
The police found that 23 K-Park apartments were sold to over 50 people, with some of the apartments sold to as many as six people.
During the investigation into the case, the police raided an MVR 7.8 million penthouse apartment, which investigators believe was purchased by Manday by selling two apartments from K-Park Residences to four different buyers.
From the penthouse, the police found items worth around MVR 7 million, including 200 unopened perfume bottles, luxury bags, and jewelry.
Manday has categorically denied the allegations against him. He faces 40 years in prison if convicted of the charges.