Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed all banks to freeze the accounts of 64 people, including former NRB Global Bank managing director Proshanta Kumar Halder for one more month. BFIU, the state's anti-money laundering agency, sent an order to all banks yesterday in this regard. The order states that the accounts of 64 persons, operated in their own name
Over 100 aided PK Halder in scams
Most of them bank officials, his close associate tells court
File photo of PK Halder
Court Correspondent
Court Correspondent
PK Halder s close associate Sukumar Mridha told a Dhaka court that over 100 people, mostly bankers, had helped Halder execute financial scams.
Those people included a former chairman and a managing director of two private banks.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit yesterday directed all banks to freeze for one more month the accounts of 64 people, including PK Halder, who was the managing director of NRB Global Bank.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ashek Imam recorded Sukumar s statement at his chamber after the latter was taken there on February 11 by Anti-Corruption Commission [ACC] Deputy Director Salahuddin, investigation officer of a money laundering case against PK Halder.
Petition to bring back laundered money: HC to deliver order tomorrow Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
The High Court will deliver its order tomorrow on a writ petition filed for bringing back the money laundered from the country and deposited in foreign banks, including those in Switzerland.
The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim today set the date for passing the order after concluding hearing on the petition.
During the hearing, lawyer Abdul Qaium Khan, one of the petitioners, told the court that no effective action has been taken to bring the laundered money back to country although names of few hundred money launderers had been disclosed in the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers in 2016 and 2017.
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Mobile financial services: Strengthen compliance with anti-money laundering, anti-terror financing measures
Importance, risks, and mitigation measures
Major General Sheikh Md Monirul Islam (retd) Major General Sheikh Md Monirul Islam (retd) Major General Sheikh Md Monirul Islam (retd)
The novel coronavirus has accelerated the global trend towards a cashless economy. The growth of e-commerce and the ease of contactless payment options amidst the fear of paper money contamination with the virus have further boosted the scope of digital transaction.
This has facilitated the growth of the Mobile Financial Services (MFS) industry, especially in countries like Bangladesh that have a large pre-existing customer base. It needs to be mentioned that as services of mobile banking are provided through digital devices, MFS is alternatively called Digital Financial Services (DFS) both nationally and globally.