The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday questioned Mozammel Hossain, the suspended deputy managing director of Jamuna Bank Limited, for his alleged involvement in the Tk990-crore-scam by terry towel producer Bismillah Group between 2010 and 2012.
ACC Senior Assistant Director M Mahbubul Alam questioned Mozammel at the anti-graft body’s headquarters. The official was working with Prime Bank when the scam took place.
A Dhaka court on January 21 placed Mozammel on a 10-day remand in connection with the scam following a plea by the ACC.
With assistance from law enforcement agencies, the ACC arrested the bank official in the capital’s Segunbagicha area on January 20.
On November 3 last year, the ACC filed 12 cases against 53 officials of five banks and the Bismillah Group under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 for their alleged involvement in the embezzlement of funded loans worth over Tk990 crore.
The list of accused include 13 people of Bismillah Group, five officials of Jamuna Bank, and others from Janata, Prime, Premier and Shahjalal Islami banks.
According to the first information report, Bismillah Group in association with the bank officials had embezzled the money through loans against trust receipts using names of fake foreign buyers, and laundered the money abroad.
They had secured cash incentives against fake export documents, taking advantage of inland bills purchases and overpricing non-existing export items.
