Maxim Gr officials sued for swindling

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against 22 officials, including Chairman and MD, of Maxim Group, a multilevel market company, on charge of swindling Tk 3.04 billion of investors’ money. ACC deputy director Nur Hossain filed the case with Ramna police station in the morning, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB. Company Chairman Mafizul Haq and Managing Director Habibur Rahman are among the accused. In July 2013, the ACC launched a probe into the allegation of swindling about Tk 15 billion of the investors’ money by Maxim Group. ACC sources said Maxim Group, alluring the investors with a high-profit offer, earlier collected about Tk 15  billion from thousands of gullible people allover the country.