The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday questioned five officials of the state-owned Janata Bank in connection with a Tk1,500 crore non-funded loan scam.
The bankers are Assistant General Manager of the corporate branch Abdullah Al Mamun, Senior Executive Officer Sakhawat Hossain, Executive Officer Jesmin Khatun, Jinia Jesmin, and Senior Principal Officer Jesmin Akhter.
A team led by ACC Director Mir Jainul Abedin Shibly questioned the bank officials at the commission’s head office from 11am to 4pm.
This team was renewed in December for investigating the non-funded loan irregularities of six companies including Hallmark from the Hotel Sheraton Branch of the Sonali bank against back-to-back LCs.
Hallmark and its five associate organisations allegedly embezzled Tk3,468 crore in both funded and non-funded loans.
Of this amount, Tk1,538 crore in cash was embezzled from 120 branches of 37 banks, seven of which are state-run, five foreign and 25 commercial banks.
The commission has already completed investigation into the funded loan scams and submitted charge sheets in 38 related cases. However, the investigation into the non-funded loan scams has remained stalled for a long time.