Alarm bells were raised when PK Halder and his associates laundered around Tk 174 crore from a financial institution in 2016 by setting up companies that existed only on paper.
In one of the cases, Abed, Runai, and Rafsan were made accused.
According to the case statement, Halder laundered the money with the help of the accused people who were arrested yesterday.
Managing Director of Anan Chemical Amitav Adhikari and its four directors applied to then ILFSL MD Rashedul for a term loan of Tk 29 crore on October 14, 2015, reads the FIR.
ILFSL assistant manager Rafikul Islam had prepared the loan proposal without scrutiny. Senior manager Rafsan Riad Chowdhury of NBFI examined the proposal and its assistant vice president Al Mamun Sohel forwarded it.
The company s Head of Business Nahida Runai recommended sanctioning the loan. To put up the loan proposal before the board meeting, approval of then ILFSL MD was needed and Rashedul gave the nod, reads the FIR.
PK Halder, His Aides: ACC files five more cases for Tk 350cr graft
Proshanta Kumar Halder. File photo Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed five cases against 33 people, including former NRB Global Bank managing director PK Halder, for allegedly laundering over Tk 350 crore of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL).
ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anowar Prodhan filed the cases in the last two days.
Briefing reporters at the ACC s Segunbagicha headquarters yesterday, its Secretary Md Anwar Hossain Howlader said they have already arrested the former chairman of People s Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFSL), Uzzal Nandi, and former ILFSL MD Rashedul Haque in connection with the cases.
Swindle by Pk Halder: Tk 1,000cr of those who helped frozen
Proshanta Kumar Halder Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
The authorities have frozen over Tk 1,000 crore in different bank accounts of 62 people, who allegedly abetted former NRB Global Bank MD PK Halder to launder money abroad from four non-bank financial institutions.
The move was taken upon a plea from the Anti-Corruption Commission. It s a big issue now. He [Halder] had links with different people. We ve interrogated many of them and so far have found names of 62. About Tk 1,057.80 crore has been frozen, ACC Secretary Md Anwar Hossain Howlader said while talking to reporters at his office yesterday.