The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against 10 persons including Nasir Group of Industries Chairman Nasir Uddin Biswas for their alleged involvement in money laundering worth around Tk61 crore.
When contacted, ACC’s Assistant Director and Inquiry Official SM Rafiqul Islam acknowledged the incident, saying he lodged the lawsuit with Gulshan police station under Money Laundering Prevention act 2012.
The official on December 20 submitted the inquiry report to the commission recommending case filing against the accused, which on January 26 approved the case filing against them.
The rest nine accused are Nasir Group of Industries General Manager (Import) Alfaz Uddin, GM (Marketing & Sales) Shamim Ahmed, GM (Accounts & Finance) Sidddiqur Rahman, Assistant GM (Purchase) Mobaidul Islam and Cashier Mohammed Shamim.
Besides AJ money changer official Saiful Biswas and Mohammed Emdadul; hundi businessman Firoj Ahmed and his son Adil Ahmed were also made accused.
According to the case statement, the accused in connivance with one other laundered foreign currency worth Tk609,005,068 crore in the name of importing products and raw materials.
The malpractice was done through under-invoicing and over-invoice shunning Bangladesh Bank.
An ACC official, wishing not to be named, said the accused laundered the amount in the name of Nasir Printing and Packaging Industries & Nasir Leaf Tobacco Industries.
Earlier last year, since the group’s chairman was interrogated in his office, finally the ten on December 15 escaped the questioning by the anti-corruption watchdog without any reason.
Since then the commission run inquiry against the officials on the charge as well as the tax evasion.
