Corruption case against Ali Hameed sent to PG Office

A case has been forwarded to the Prosecutor General’s (PG) Office against Supreme Court Judge Ali Hameed, accusing him of corruption for transferring money from a sim card issued to him by the State, to other numbers.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said in a statement that investigations had revealed that a mobile number issued under the name of the Supreme Court had been used by Ali Hameed for personal purposes.

ACC said that MVR 2,223 had been transferred to other numbers between December 2010 and April 2011 from the mobile number provided to Ali Hameed.

ACC said that Ali Hameed admitted during the investigation that he had transferred money to two of his children’s mobile phone numbers, and also said that he had since then repaid this amount.

ACC noted in the statement that Ali Hameed repaid the money only after the media reported that an investigation had been initiated into this issue.

ACC said that transferring money to other numbers from a sim card provided to Ali Hameed by the Supreme Court, which is registered under the Supreme Court for the purpose of being used as a facility when out of office, and for which the bill is paid by the court; is deemed as using government property to obtain personal benefits.

ACC said in the statement that since this is an act of corruption under Article 25 (a) of the ACC Act, a case had been sent to the PG Office to press charges under Article 14 (a) of the Act on Prevention and Prohibition of Corruption, against Supreme Court Judge Ali Hameed of Garden, Seenu Hulhudhoo.