The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against 12 people, including Bangladesh Industrial Financial Company Ltd (BIFC) former chairman Major (Retd) Abdul Mannan, on charges of embezzling Tk8 crore.
On Sunday, ACC Deputy Director Abdul Majed filed the case with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1,
According to sources, BIFC chairman, directors and officials in collusion with each other distributed Tk8 crore as a loan to Aminur Rahman, the owner of M/s Telecom Service Enterprise without a security deposit and mortgage.
Later, they transferred the money to different bank accounts.
The others accused are BIFC former chairman Major (Retd) Abdul Mannan, also Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh secretary general, its directors Abbas Uddin Ahmed, ANM Jahangir Alam, Rois Uddin Ahmed, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Rokeya Ferdous. BIFC former managing director Md Mahmud Malik, former deputy managing director Enamur Rahman, former senior vice-president Syed Fakre Faysal, former AVP Ahmed Karim Chowdhury, former senior officer Md Nizam Uddin and Rizia Sultana are also among the accused.
Earlier on November 14, the commission also approved a case against 10 people, including Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Secretary General Abdul Mannan, over the embezzlement of about Tk84 crore from a non-banking financial institution.