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ACC sues two bank officials over Tk 133cr scam
DHAKA, Feb 26, 2019 (BSS) – Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a
case against three people including two AB Bank officials on charges of
misappropriating Taka 133 crore.
ACC assistant director Mohammad Sirajul Haque filed the case with
Halishahor Police Station under Chattogram Metropolitan Police, deputy
director (public relations) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya of the ACC told BSS.
The accused in the case are: Messrs Yasir Enterprise owner Mozahar Hossain,
executive vice president (EVP) of AB Bank’s Port Connecting Road of
Halishahor, Chattogram branch, and also its branch manager Md Nazim Uddin and
senior assistant vice president (SAVP) and also in-charge of Credit
Administration Monitoring, Md Azad Hossain.
In the case details, it was mentioned that the accused in connivance with
each other misappropriated Taka 133,18,92, 617 after not depositing the money
for importing food items by opening foreign LC and money of selling those
after opening local LC.
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