Prosecutor General's (PG) office had earlier said the cases had been forwarded to the Criminal Court on Sunday. A court official confirmed that the case had been accepted but said the court is yet to decide on when to commence the trial. Adheeb has been charged with abuse of power while Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) Managing Director Abdulla Ziyath has been charged with corruption, a PG office official told Haveeru. Adheeb has also been charged for allegedly possessing a handgun. Criminal Court last week constituted a three judge bench to preside over Adheeb's trial. Then Vice President Adheeb was arrested on October 24 upon return from an official visit to China and taken to the police detention centre in the island of Dhoonidhoo in Kaafu atoll. He is accused of orchestrating a recent blast aboard the presidential speedboat now confirmed as an attempt to kill the president. President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim were travelling to Male from the airport on September 28 when the explosion took place. They had returned home that morning after concluding their visit to Saudi Arabia to perform the annual hajj pilgrimage. The president was unhurt, but the first lady suffered a spinal fracture. Ziyath heads MMPRC, which is at the centre of the investigation into the blast and separate probes into several corruption allegations concerning the company. MMPRC had siphoned off millions received by leasing islands for resort development, authorities had said. Both the auditor general and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) are conducting separate investigations into the company. Haveeru understands that the funds embezzled by leasing islands for resort development through MMPRC is estimated to sum up to USD40-60 million (MVR616-925 million). In addition, police had said the acquisition fee received by leasing of islands had been deposited to an account with direct links to a relative of the now deposed vice president Adheeb. Police arrested Hamid “Hamid Seytu” Ismail immediately after he was released by the court following the expiry of his remand. Hamid, the Managing Director of Gulf Craft Maldives which is the nation’s premier boat builder, was initially arrested on October 28 from a condominium in Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. The arrest was made in a joint operation by the Maldives police and the counter terrorism division of the Malaysian police. Police confirmed that Hamid was arrested again in connection to a money laundering case. Police had said MMPRC had illegally transferred funds received as acquisition cost by leasing an island for resort development to a company directly linked to Hamid. The funds were then transferred to the accounts of several suspects in the blast, police added.