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ACC sues 10 people on embezzlement charge
The Anti- Corruption Commission ( ACC) on Wednesday filed fifteen cases against 10 people for allegedly misappropriating around TK 39 crore from Shahjalal Fertilizer Project.
The case was filed with Sylhet Coordinated Office, ACC on August 3 after the investigation.
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Deputy Director of ACC Public relation office Muhammad Arif Sadeq confirmed the cases to UNB.
ACC filed cases against the project officer and former assistant account officer (dismissed) Khandakar Muhammad Babul, former Chemist ( dismissed) Nesar Uddin Ahmed as they embezzled TK 38,71,24,902 Crore in collision with eight businessmen through fake vouchers.
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The eight businessmen are- TI International' proprietor Halima Akhter, Rafi Enterprises' owner Nurul Hossain, Managing Director of Falguni Traders ASM Islmail Khan, owner of Ayman Enterprise Saiful Haque, proprietor of N Ahmed and Son Nazir Ahmed, proprietor of Ma Enterprise Helal Uddin, proprietor of Daffodil International Jamshedur Rahman Khandakar and owner of Sakib Traders Ahsanullah Chowdhury.
Travel ban imposed on Evaly chairman, MD
The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) Friday imposed a travel ban on Evaly Chairman Shamima Nasrin and Managing Director Mohammad Rassel as it has launched an inquiry into an allegation of embezzlement of Tk338.62 crore from customers and merchants.
"The commission has taken all steps to prevent them from leaving the country," ACC Deputy Director (Public Relations) Muhammad Arif Sadeq told UNB.
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The anti-graft watchdog already notified the police's Special Branch and the Department of Immigration and Passport about the issue in a letter.
Earlier, the commerce ministry asked the ACC to launch an investigation into allegations that Evaly misappropriated Tk338.62 crore – received in advance from customers and merchants.
The ACC formed a two-member committee to investigate the alleged embezzlement after receiving a letter from the ministry, Arif Sadeq said.
Evaly's total liabilities were Tk407.18 crore, which they need to pay to consumers and merchants, the Bangladesh Bank said in an inspection report last month.
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After receiving Tk213.94 crore in advance from customers and Tk189.85 crore from merchants, Evaly was expected to have at least Tk403.80 crore in current assets, but it only had Tk65.17 crore.
The company can now deliver goods or return the money to only 16.14% of the customers with its current assets, the ministry said.
ACC sued Passport official and his wife for corruption
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two seprate cases against Motaleb Hossain, a deputy director of Department of Emigration and Passport (DIP) and his wife Israt Jahan charging them with corruption and concealing their wealth information.
The cases were filed with Dhaka Coordinated Office, ACC-1 on Wednesday after the investigation.
Also read: ACC to sue 4, including Baizid Bostami secretary, for 'misappropriating' Tk2.5 crore
Deputy Director of ACC Public relation office Muhammad Arif Sadeq told UNB that its deputy director Abu Bakr Siddique filed the case.
According to the charges Motaleb earned a total of TK 74 lakh 27 thousand from March 11, 2004 to June 30, 2020 while his wife showed an amount TK 3 crore 10 lakh from October from 10,2009 to June 30,2020.
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Motaleb hid around TK 11 lakh and illegally amassed almost TK 42 lakh way while his wife did not mention the information of TK One crore in her submitted assest statement and failed to show any source of more than TK 3. 8 crore.
ACC to sue 4, including Baizid Bostami secretary, for 'misappropriating' Tk2.5 crore
The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) will file a case against four people, including the secretary of Hazrat Baizid Bostami Rahmahtullah Darbar Sharif Advocate Anowarul Islam, for "misappropriating" Tk2.5 crore.
Rafikul Islam, Yazzem Hossain Romen and Mohammad Harun-or- Rashid will also be sued in the case.
The anti-graft watchdog gave the go-ahead for the case on Monday.
Muhammad Arif Sadeq, deputy director of the ACC public relations office, told UNB that the anti-graft watchdog's Chattogram coordinated office will file the case.
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Anowarul Islam and a developer company completed their signing before the approval of Waqf Estate administration and sold the goods of the old mosque without tender or following any government rules and regulations, Arif Sadeq said.
The four people also collected Tk2.5 crore from 46 individuals as an advance payment for transferring the shop ownership of a proposed shopping complex, he added.
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Court orders freezing bank accounts of Sayeed Khokon, family members
A Dhaka court has ordered freezing eight bank accounts of former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed Khokon and three of his family members.
ACC deputy director Jalaluddin Ahmed filed a petition on Sunday seeking steps to freeze the bank accounts as part of their investigation.
Read:HC rejects bail plea of suspended ACC director Enamul
Judge of the Senior Special Judge's Court KM Emrul Kayesh passed an order later in the day following the filing of the petition.
The eight bank accounts belong to Sayeed Khokon, his wife Farhana Alam, sister Shahana Hanif and mother Fatema Hanif as part of an investigation into allegations of corruption, a source at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) told UNB on Monday.
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Of the eight bank accounts, three belong to Syeed Khokon’s businesses, the source added.
HC rejects bail plea of suspended ACC director Enamul
The High Court on Thursday turned down the bail petition of suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir in a case filed over the Tk 40 lakh bribery scandal.
The virtual HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice SM Mozibur Rahman passed the order.
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Advocate Ruhul Kuddus Kajol stood for the petitioner while deputy attorney general AKM Amin Uddin and advocate Khurshid Alam represented the state and ACC respectively.
On April 29, Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 rejected the bail petition of Enamul.
On June 16, the suspended Anti-Corruption Commission(ACC) director filed a petition seeking bail in the case.
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On July 22, 2019, ACC arrested Enamul from his Darus Salam residence in the city for taking bribe from police’s Deputy Inspector General Mizanur Rahman.
On July 16, 2019, ACC director Sheikh Mohammad Fanafillah filed the case over the bribery scandal.
A private TV channel reported that Mizan gave Tk 40 lakh to Basir to get clean chit in a corruption case.
Enamul was suspended on June 10 for allegedly leaking information, a breach of his job discipline.
Besides, Mizan was shown arrested in the case on July 21.
DIG Mizan was an additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). He was withdrawn on January 9, 2019 following the allegation of threatening a female news presenter of a private television channel.
Fake freedom fighter's certificates scam: ACC sues Sonali Bank DGM
Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against the former Deputy General Manager (DGM) of Sonali Bank Pradip Kumar Sharma over fake freedom fighter's certificates scam.
ACC filed the case against the accused with Dhaka Corordinated Office-1.
The Sonali Bank DGM will be accused, according to ACC, as he took up a job in the bank showing fake freedom fighter`s certificates and received all of the facilities from the government.
The ACC conducted an investigation against the former official and found the allegations against him to be true in 2015.
The ACC Investigation Officer (IO) submitted reports in accusing him suggesting corruption case should be filed against the ex-official.
Pradip Kumar Sharma was under ACC scanner since November, 2014.
He joined the service in 1984 and withdrew a total of Tk 1 crore 57 lakh for his salary, allowance, and festival bonuses.
ACC seeks wealth information of Mosharraf's private secretary
Anti- Corruption Commission ( ACC) on Tuesday sought the wealth information of Nur Khan, private secretary of former Housing and Public Works Minister and Awami League leader Engineer Md Mosharraf Hossain
Public relations officer of the commission Muhammad Arif Sadeq confirmed to UNB that the anti-graft body sent a notice on Tuesday.
A letter signed by the director ACC Mohammad Akter Hossain Azad was sent to his address.
According to the ACC notice, the commission has found evidence that the accused was amassing illegal wealth.
ACC has sought his and his family’s movable and immovable wealth information within 21 days. If he fails to submit or provide statement of the wealth information, then ACC will take the necessary action under ACC Act, Section 26 (2), according to the notice.
Overseas travel ban issued against 3 MPs including Whip Shamsul, 3 others
A Dhaka court has issued an overseas travel ban on six people, including Jatiya Sangsad Whip and also Chattogram-12 MP Shamsul Haque Chowdhury and two other lawmakers.
Dhaka Senior Special Judge KM Imrul Kayes passed the order recently following a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), confirmed court sources.
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The others, who have been asked not to leave the country, are Sunamganj-1 MP Moazzem Hossain Ratan, Bhola-3 MP Nurunnabi Chowdhury, Joint Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works Sajjadul Islam, former additional chief engineer Md Abdul Hye and Dhaka Wanderers Club staff Abul Kalam Azad.
The national anti-graft agency is investigating allegations of corruption and irregularities, including money laundering of illegal earnings from casino business, against them. So it filed a petition with the court asking it to bar the six people from travelling abroad.
Following the hearing on the ACC petition, the court came up with the travel ban order for them on June 8.
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The ACC sought a travel ban on the six people saying they were trying to leave the country, and it also asked the concerned authorities to take effective measures so they cannot flee.
Tk 37.7mn missing: ACC files case against two Dhaka Bank officials
Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Saturday filed case against two officials of Dhaka Bank’s Bangshal branch over Tk 37.7 million that went missing from the bank’s vault.
Assistant director of ACC Atiqul Alam filed the case with Dhaka Coordiated Office -1, ACC.
The two accused are senior cash in-charge Rifatul Haque and First vice President and operation manager Emran Ahmed.
The management interrogated Rifatul Haque and Emran Ahmed and they confessed to misappropriating the money.
The bank authorities handed them over to Bangshal police and filed the report.
A lower court in Dhaka on Friday sent them jail.
Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Masudur Rahman passed the order as investigation officer (IO) and Bangshal police station sub-inspector Prodip Kumar Sarker produced them before the court and pleaded to send them to jail after showing them arrested under section 54.
The IO in his plea said the accused were in-charge of the vault of the branch and the keys were in their possession.
An audit team of the bank learned about the missing amount during their audit on Thursday and filed the report to branch manager Abu Bakkar Siddique.