The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday requested detailed information from the central bank regarding the alleged Tk 33-billion loan fraud of Islami Bank in 2022, according to sources.
In response to the allegation, the national anti-graft watchdog formed a three-member committee led by Deputy Director Yasir Arafat to investigate the matter.
The head of the team sent a letter to the Bangladesh Bank (BB), the country's central bank, requesting information.
The ACC investigators asked the banking regulator to provide the information within the next seven working days.
This information includes certified photocopies of BB's inspection or audit reports on the loans and other relevant documents necessary for the ACC's investigation, the source said.
In 2022, the central bank discovered anonymous loans totaling about Tk 33.0 billion distributed through three branches of Islami Bank in Chattogram.
The loans were reportedly given to Century Food Products, United Super Traders, and Murad Enterprises, but the central bank did not find these companies at the addresses listed in the loan documents.
At the same time, the ACC investigators requested information on 11 entities of the Nabil Group, clients of Islami Bank's Gulshan corporate, Rajshahi, and Pabna branches.
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