Senior representatives from various government agencies gathered to discuss the issue of fraudulent money transfers and scam calls.
In response to the rising number of scam calls and fraudulent money transfers, the Economic Ministry tweeted that it had met with representatives of the central bank; Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), Bank of Maldives (BML), and Maldives Islamic Bank (MIB) to explore administrative and legal actions.
Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail had presided over the meeting.
While details of the meeting were not publicized, the issue of scam calls and illicit money transfer has gotten worse.
Most scam calls originate from prisons. The issue has been fixed with an antenna installed inside the jail to detect outgoing calls, but the outcome is yet unknown.
A total of 1,423 occurrences of scam calls were reported to the police between January 1, 2019, and May 2022. Most of the cases involve theft of more than MVR 100,000.
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