Immigration officer guilty, no penalty enforced
Court records confirmed that Alsan had already spent two months and three days in detention.
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Mohamed Alsan Ismail, an immigration officer who admitted a charge of abusing official status to obtain money from foreign workers, was sentenced at the Criminal Court on Sunday.
The case stems from an investigation into an operation involving staff within the Immigration Department. According to court filings, the group arrested foreign workers without lawful grounds and obtained MVR 530,000 from one worker. The matter was brought before the court following arrests that included former Immigration Controller Shamman Waheed and four department employees.
Five individuals pleaded guilty to the charge of abuse of official position. The prosecution reached a plea agreement with Mohamed Alsan Ismail, of Moonimaage, Thaa Atoll Buruni, who served as the first Immigration Controller under the current administration.
During the sentencing hearing, Judge Ibrahim Ihsan imposed the agreed terms. The judgment included a base custodial sentence of nine months and 18 days, reduced to two months and three days under the plea agreement. The remaining period was converted to a MVR 45,000 fine, to be paid within one year.
Court records confirmed that Alsan had already spent two months and three days in detention. The court ruled that as this period matched the reduced custodial term, no further jail time or reductions would be applied, leaving no penalty to be enforced on release.
