Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 10 Mar 2021 02:56 PM BdST
Updated: 10 Mar 2021 03:11 PM BdST
Moinuddin Abdullah, the former secretary to the agriculture ministry, has taken office as the new chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission. );
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He was joined on Wednesday by Md Jahurul Haque, former chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, who will serve as a commissioner of the national anti-graft agency.
Upon arriving at the ACC headquarters in Dhaka s Segunbagicha around 11:15 am, thety were welcomed by the commission s Secretary Dr Md Anwar Hossain Howlader.
They were then taken to their offices afterwards on the fourth floor of the ACC building, an official told bdnews24.com.
Laundering Tk 782cr: Halder prime accused in 10 graft cases Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed 10 cases against 37 people, including former managing director of now-defunct NRB Global Bank PK Halder, for laundering about Tk 782 crore of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL).
Proshanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, is the prime accused in all the cases.
He took loans from financial institutions against at least two dozen non-existent companies created by him. In some cases, he used part of the funds to repay instalments of loans taken against his several fictitious firms.
PK Halder put his men at the helm of the financial institutions so that he could easily take loans from those and misappropriate the funds.
ACC probing some RMG owners
The watchdog received allegation over laundering of Tk 64,000 crore a year in guise of export, import Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
The Anti-Corruption Commission has begun enquiring into allegations of laundering about Tk 64,000 crore ($755 million) annually by some garment factory owners in the guise of export and import business.
ACC Secretary Md Anwar Hossain Howlader said they have received allegations that some government officials abetted these businesspersons in money laundering.
Talking to journalists at the ACC s Segunbagicha headquarters, he said a four-member ACC team has been assigned to enquire into the matter.
The team has also been tasked with probing the allegation of garment factory Al-Muslim Group laundering Tk 175 crore, the ACC secretary said.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started an enquiry into an allegation of laundering around Tk 64,000 crore each year by some garment factory owners in the name of export and import. ACC's Secretary Dr Md Anwar Hossain Howlader said they have received allegations that some government officials abetted these businesspersons in laundering. While talking to the
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has asked the tax authority to devise ways to examine the authenticity of income sources shown by many taxpayers in their returns, including fish and poultry farming. The anti-graft watchdog's recommendation came after it found during enquiry that many people could not show evidence in support of their incomes they claimed to have generated