Maxim Group official grilled

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday questioned an official of Maxim Group in connection with the alleged swindling of about Tk 1,500 crore of the investors’ money by the multilevel marketing company. ACC deputy director Nur Hossain Khan grilled Azizur Rahman for an hour from 10 am at the ACC head office in the capital, ACC Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB. In July 2013, the ACC launched a probe into the allegation of swindling about Tk 1,500 crore of the investors’ money by Maxim Group. ACC sources said that Maxim Group, alluring the investors with a high-profit offer, earlier collected about Tk 1,500 crore from thousands of gullible people all over the country. Former Chhatra Shibir leader Habibur Rahman, managing director of Maxim Group, plundered the money and went into hiding, they said. As per the recommendation of Jamaat secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, the multilevel marketing company took registration from the Department of Cooperatives in 2002, according to a news agency.