The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) approved Wednesday a charge sheet against 38 people including some officials of Prime Bank Limited (PBL) and businessmen for their alleged involvement in the embezzlement of around Tk 930 million from the PBL's Islamic banking branch.
The charge sheet was approved at a meeting of the Commission and it would be submitted to the court soon, the anti-graft body officials said.
Among the accused 16 were PBL officials and 22 businessmen.
Sources said the ACC found an allegation that the accused led by suspended PBL executive officer Kamrul Hasan Ferdous committed the forgery through 29 business firm accounts creating fake loans from 2002 to 2012.
Then, the Commission decided to launch an inquiry and assigned its assistant director Rashedur Reza as investigation officer. After completion of the probe, the ACC found that money had been embezzled through 408 checks and creating over 500 back to back letters of credit (LCs).
On March 29, 2012, the PBL filed a case with Motijheel police station against Kamrul Hasan Ferdous on charge of alleged embezzlement of about Tk 487.8 million. But the ACC inquiry found that the actual amount of embezzlement was Tk 930 million, the official said.
The PBL officials who included in the charge sheet were PBL Dilkusha Executive Officer Kamrul Hasan Ferdous, senior officer Abu Wahed Md Aminul Islam, junior officer Mohammad Atiqul Islam Manik, former vice president Mohammad Aminul Islam, suspended vice president HM Zakir Hossain, first assistant vice president Mohammad Motahar Hossain, Mohammad Nasir Uddin Bali, senior executive officer Mohammad Saleh Uddin, Md Kamrul Islam Bhuiyan, Miran Hossain, senior executive officer Mohammad Humayun Kabir, SMA Mazid Ansari, senior officer Mohammad Nurul Amin, former manager Isbahul Bar Chowdhury, officer FM Ashfaqur Rahman, and former trainee assistant Mohammad Shamsul Alam.
The businessmen were owner of New SK Enterprise Sajedur Rahman, owner of KS Enterprise Md Sahadat Islam, owner of SK Enterprise Mahmudul Islam, owner of SL Enterprise Kawsar Ali Khan, owner of Tri-tech 69 Tasnim Alam, directors of Branch Solution Zahidul Islam and Md Amirul Islam, owner of Lulu Corner Zakir Hossain, owner of Elham Enterprise Tasnim Sharmin, owners of Firoz Traders Md Firoz Alam and Nazmun Nahar, owner of Euro Express Jahangir Hossain, executive director of Izra Asia Trade & Pack Industries M Enayet Ullah Iqbal, its director M Ershad Ullah Akmal, executive director of Sub-valley Securities Limited Mahbub-E-Elahi, official of Water Development Board Abul Hasem, businessmen Razia Jannati Dalia, Kamrun Nahar, Mrs Ratna Mahbub, Mokbul Hossain Khan, Farhana Akter, and Ruhul Amin Siddique.
