FICAC considers action after $3 million scam case

FICAC is considering action on proceeds of crime regarding the $3 million involved in the case of businessman Feroz Jan Mohammed and former civil servants Iliesa Turagacati, Navitalai Tamanitoakula and Aisea Liwaiono.

The $3 million was tax dollars and we have asked the question on what steps have been taken to recover this.

FICAC says they are considering the action to be taken and will  update accordingly once there are further developments.

It was highlighted in the case that Mohammed and his company obtained a financial advantage amounting to more than $3 million by receiving money the company was not entitled to, upon submitting false invoices and circumventing the proper procedures concerning the processing of payments with the influence of Iliesa Turagacati.

During his sentence in June this year, Justice Madigan highlighted that Feroz Jan Mohammed has been convicted for three crimes of dishonesty against the Fijian people who have been crying out for good roads.

For Turagacati, the judge highlighted that to some extent he was used by Jan Mohammed however without his dishonest greed Feroz Jan Mohammed would not have received the $3.1 million.

According to the charges, the payments were made from the funds allocated for upgrading the Nausori Highlands road.

Feroz Jan Mohammed is currently serving an 8 year prison sentence, Iliesa Turagacati was handed a 6 year prison sentence while Tamanitoakula got 4 years. Aisea Liwaiono was handed a two year suspended sentence.