The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed two cases against eight individuals, including six bankers of Bangladesh Commerce Bank, on charges of their alleged involvement with the embezzlement of over Tk280m.
ACC Assistant Director M Mashiur Rahman filed the cases with the capital’s Motijheel police station, an ACC official said.
The accused are – SB Group Managing Director, and also Chairman, M Shahjahan Bablu, Director M Abul Kashem, and Bangladesh Commerce Bank Senior Vice President SM Wali Ullah, Assistant Vice President M Abu Sayeed, former Executive Officer Kamrul Islam, Senior Executive Officer Sudhir Chandra Sarker, Executive Officer AZM Tarikuzzaman, and owner of Rafid Inspection SM Hasnat Chowdhury.
According to the case statement, SB Group MD Shahjahan Bablu had taken Tk250m as loan from the Bangladesh Commerce Bank through forgery, by submitting fake land documents to the bank.
According to the other case statement, two companies under the SB Group swindled over Tk30m from the Dilkusha branch of the bank through pre-shipment credit.
