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ACC prosecutes 7 officials of Sonali and Prime banks
The Anti Corruption Commission has charged seven officials of state-run Sonali Bank and private Prime Bank with embezzling of Tk 10 million.
Published : 8 Sept 2014, 05:14 PM
Updated : 8 Sept 2014, 05:14 PM
ACC Deputy Director Shahin Ara Mamtaj filed a case with Motijheel police on Monday.
Prime’s Motijheel Branch Senior Vice President Md Mohiuddin Ahmed, Senior Assistant Vice President Md Zafar Hasan, Senior Executive Officer Md Ferdous Azad Dipu, Executive Officer HM Kamruzzaman Sumon, Sales Executive Mirza Kamrul Hasan have been accused in the case.
Apart from them, Sonali’s local branch Senior Officer Anisur Rahman Sarkar and Officer Liakat Ali Chowdhury have been named in the case.
Motijheel police's Assistant Sub-Inspector Jiten Das said the seven men had been accused of colluding to embezzle Tk 10 million by opening a fake account and forging cheque.
According to case details, the Sonali Bank officials issued a forged cheque against a company and sent it to Prime Bank's Motijheel branch.
The Prime Bank officials opened a fake account and deposited the money. They later withdrew the amount and shared it among themselves.
The officials in question could not be reached for comments.
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