The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) quizzed on Tuesday six Sonali Bank officials for their alleged embezzlement of Tk 70 billion from nine branches of the bank.
ACC deputy director Mir Zainul Abedin Shibli interrogated them for three hours from 11:00am at its office in city's Segunbagicha area.
The six officers are Sonali Bank local office foreign exchange department General Manager (GM) MA Baten, Deputy General Manager Hosne Ara Begum, Assistant General Manager Amiruddin, Senior Principal Officer Sakhawat Hossain Khan, Senior Officers Manzurul Islam and Nazmul.
According to ACC, they embezzled around Tk 70 billion from nine branches including hotel Rupashi Bangla branch, Agargaon branch, Gulshan branch, local office, Motijheel Foreign Exchange Corporate branch, Bangabandhu Avenue Corporate branch, Chittagong Agrabad Corporate branch, Chittagong Laldighi Corporate branch and Narayanganj Corporate branch of Sonali Bank by opening fake letter of Credit (LC) accounts and loan forgery.
In collaboration with some officers of the bank a fraud group embezzled the huge amount of money.
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