Tax official transferred to Bogura after court's order to confiscate his wealth

FE Team | Published: June 30, 2024 23:02:18

FE REPORT
The revenue board has transferred its First Secretary (current charge) Quazi Abu Mahmud Faisal to its Bogura office, following an allegation of accumulating wealth earned through illegal means.
The Additional Commissioner at the tax legal and enforcement wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been transferred to the inspector range-1 of Bogura tax zone.
The transfer order was issued on Sunday, one working day after a Dhaka court asked the government agencies concerned to confiscate all movable and immovable properties, and freeze all bank accounts owned by Mr Faisal.
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) recently raised the allegation of accumulating illegal wealth worth Tk10 billion by the BCS (Taxes) cadre officer and filed a petition in the court seeking to confiscate the wealth.
Upon hearing the petition, Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's court in Dhaka Mohammad As-Shams Jaglul Hossain passed the order on Thursday last.
ACC Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir confirmed the court order to the FE.
Contacted, a senior tax official said it comes as a surprise to them as the ACC is yet to communicate formally on it, and said the tax authorities are collecting information in this regard before writing to the ACC to know details about it.
However, several tax officials informed the FE that there were widespread allegations against him about making huge illegal money by means of transfer-posting within the NBR.
The ACC has received information about depositing Tk 190 million in bank accounts and a large part of the amount was withdrawn later.
According to the ACC documents submitted to the court, Mr Faisal transferred money to the bank accounts of his in-laws, and that the money was earned through bribery and corruption.
The ACC also said that the illegal money was transacted in 87 accounts of 19 banks and one financial institution
in the name of Faisal and 11 of his relatives, with his father-in-law and mother-in-law conducting most transactions.
Faisal opened around 700 bank accounts in the name of his relatives to hide his illegal income. Of these, the ACC has received specific information about transactions in 87 accounts.
Faisal joined the BCS (Taxes) cadre as an assistant tax commissioner in 2005.
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