B Mirror Desk : The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 26 people, including S Alam Group owner and former First Security Islami Bank chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, and two former National Bank directors Ron Haque Sikder and Rick Haque Sikder, on charges of embezzling Tk 207.42 crore.
The case was filed at the ACC’s integrated district office (Dhaka-1) in the capital’s Segunbagicha on Tuesday. The agency’s Director General Md. Akhter Hossain confirmed the information.
The other accused in the case are Syed Kamrul Islam, Md. Salauddin, Syed Mahbub-e-Karim, First Security Islami Bank PLC official M. M. Mostafizur Rahman, Md. Zahurul Haque, Abdul Aziz, Syed Wasek Md. Ali, Md. Saiful Alam, Md. Abdul Malek, Farzana Parveen, Atiqur Nesa, Md. Ishaq, Ahmed Muktadir Arif, Khandaker Iftekhar Ahmed, Dr. Momtaz Uddin Ahmed, Badrun Nesa, Md. Wahidul Alam Seth, Jamal Mostafa Chowdhury, Molla Fazle Akbar, Lisa Fatema Haque Sikder, Parveen Haque Sikder, Md. Sheikh Alam and Mani Shankar Biswas.
The case statement states that the accused, in collusion with each other, have withdrawn and embezzled 110 crore 27 lakh taka from First Security Islami Bank in the name of loan through abuse of power, fraud and deceit. As of June 30 of this year, the outstanding amount including interest has stood at 207 crore 42 lakh 22 thousand 769 taka. The money was later transferred, converted and transferred, committing the crime of money laundering. The case has been filed against the accused under sections 409/420/109/120B of the Penal Code; Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act of 1947 and Sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act of 2012.
