Ignoring the Anti-Corruption Commission’s notice, 13 accused officials of Hall-Mark Group and its five business entities did not appear at the ACC headquarters yesterday.
They were summoned to give statements in the case of the alleged embezzlement of over Tk3.72bn from Sonali Bank’s Ruposhi Bangla branch.
Violating the bank rules, officials from Sonali Bank and five business entities of Hall-Mark Group allegedly embezzled the money during the period October 2011 to May last year.
The commission on January 1 filed 26 cases against 17 Sonali Bank officials and 18 top officials of the business entities on charge of swindling over Tk3.5bn from the bank.
Among the cases, 14 were filed against top officials of T & Brothers and its associate firms for around Tk3.42bn embezzlement, five against Paragon Knit Composite Ltd for around Tk158m embezzlement, three
against DN Sports with Tk30m embezzlement, three against Nakshi Knit and Composite Ltd for Tk110m embezzlement, and one against Khanjahan Ali Sweater Ltd for around Tk11.4m embezzlement.
