Maldives Correctional Service (MCS), on Saturday, transferred former vice president Ahmed Adeeb to house arrest.
According to MCS, he was transferred over concerns to his health and was preceded by the former vice president accepting all seven charges pressed against him over the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) graft, which cost the state approximately MVR 4 billion in lost revenue.
The High Court has scheduled Adeeb's verdict hearing for October 5.
The state charged Adeeb, who was serving as the Minister of Tourism at the time, with two counts of embezzlement, two counts of money laundering, as well as exerting influence for illicit gains, exerting influence to earn illicit gains for another party, and abusing his official position.
Adeeb was initially remanded by the High Court until the end of his appeal trial over the Criminal Court's decision to wipe away all charges against him, as a result of the state entering a confessional agreement with the ex-VP over unlawful and questionable grounds.
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