Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has pressed 42 criminal charges against the Managing Director of SeaLife Global Inc Private Limited Ahmed Moosa, who scammed hundreds of people by taking advanced payments for housing units that were never built.
Ahmed Moosa had fled the country after taking advanced payments from over prospective flat buyers under a housing project awarded to SeaLife Global in 2016. An Interpol red notice was issued against him in April 2019. He remained at large until he was finally apprehended in Sri Lanka in February this year.
PGO revealed 42 criminal charges have been pressed against Ahmed Moosa, including multiple counts of theft, fraud and deception. If the charges are proven, he faces a prison sentence of up to 65 years.
SeaLife Global was contracted to develop 3,000 housing units in Hulhumale’ in 2016. However, it was later revealed the company was selected without assessing its capacity to conduct a project of this scale. Although the apartments had never been built, the company took advanced payments from several prospective flat buyers, of which 203 people later charged the company in court to seek compensation.