During the court hearing, the accused claimed he had been coerced into participating in the incident and had not reported the matter to the authorities due to death threats.
A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fraud and deception case and has been remanded in custody for seven days by the Criminal Court.
Police stated that the arrested individual and others are suspected of being involved in the case. As evidence, the police have submitted a Bank of Maldives (BML) FIR, a statement from the complainant, and an intelligence report.
During the court hearing, the accused claimed he had been coerced into participating in the incident and had not reported the matter to the authorities due to death threats.
The defense said that the accused had a limited understanding of Dhivehi which showed that he might not have been involved in the incident. They also pointed out that prosecution could find out the transaction details related to the case.
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