The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against former foreign minister and Chittagong-7 (Rangunia) lawmaker Dr Mohammed Hasan Mahmud and his wife, Nurun Fatema, over allegations of amassing hundreds of crores of taka in illegal wealth and laundering the money through dozens of suspicious bank accounts.
ACC Deputy Director (Media) Akhtarul Islam confirmed that the case was filed with the commission's District Office-1 on Sunday.
According to the ACC case report, Hasan Mahmud amassed and possessed assets worth Tk1.11 crore that are inconsistent with his known sources of income.
Investigators also uncovered suspicious financial transactions amounting to Tk397.63 crore through nine personal, joint, and company-owned bank accounts, the report said.
These accounts recorded deposits totaling Tk206.78 crore and withdrawals of Tk190.84 crore—movements the ACC described as "highly suspicious" and indicative of money laundering.
A second case, filed against Hasan Mahmud’s wife, Nurun Fatema, reveals even more staggering findings, as per the case report.
With her husband’s alleged assistance, she is accused of illegally acquiring and controlling assets worth Tk55.27 crore—also inconsistent with her declared sources of income, it said.
She reportedly operated 56 bank accounts, which saw deposits of Tk352.04 crore and withdrawals of Tk331.10 crore—amounting to suspicious transactions totaling Tk683.15 crore. These include linked accounts bearing her husband’s name, the report added.
According to investigators, the combined allegations against the couple point not only to personal enrichment through illicit means but also to the systematic concealment and transfer of wealth across an extensive network of banking channels—indicating a long-term operation of financial deception and abuse of political power.
