15 HDC staff fired during investigation phase

15 employees of the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) have been let go from their jobs to facilitate the ongoing criminal investigation into the Gedhoruveriyaa/Binveriyaa scheme frauds, launched by Maldives Police Service and the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), at the order of Prosecutor General Abbas Shareef.

According to local media outlet Mihaaru, among those let go are Chief Financial Officer Abdulla Faid and Chief Business Officer and the head of media Ahmed Yameen. The pair were initially suspended on Thursday.