Charge-sheet in 10 cases filed by ACC

The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) submitted Sunday a charge-sheet in 10 out of 27 cases in much-talked-about Hall-Mark loan scam to the court.
Senior deputy director Md Joynul Abedin Shibli submitted the charge-sheet to the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in the city.
A total of 21 people--11 from Sonali Bank Limited (SBL) and the rest, the officials of Hall-Mark Group's sister concerns, were charged over the fraud.
The accused of SBL are: former CEO and managing director (MD) Humayun Kabir, former deputy managing director Mainul Haque, former deputy general managers (DGM) Sheikh Altaf Hossain, Md Safizuddin Ahmed, former assistant general managers (AGMs) Kamrul Hossain Khan and Ezaz Ahmed, former DGM of SBL Sheraton Hotel Branch AKM Azizur Rahman, AGM Md Saiful Hasan and executive officer Mohammad Abdul Matin, general managers (GMs) Noni Gopal Nath and Mir Mohidur Rahman.  
The other accused are: Paragon Group MD Saiful Islam Raza, director Abdullah Al Mamun, owner of Mondol Traders Md Mukul Hossain, chairman of DN Sports Limited Motahar Uddin Chowdhury, MD Md Safiqur Rahman Khan and director Fahmida Akter Shikha, Chairman of Khan Jahan Ali Sweeter Limited Md Tajul Islam, MD Abdul Jalil Sheikh, directors Rafiqul Islam and Mir Mohammad Shawkot Ali.     
On October 4 in 2012, ACC filed 11 cases against 27 senior officials of the Sonali Bank and Hall-Mark Group for misappropriating Tk 15.68 billion.
Earlier, Hall-Mark Group and five other companies embezzled Tk 35.47 billion from state-run SBL.