The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against nine people, including former Nagad Limited managing director Tanvir Ahmed Mishuk on charges of embezzling Tk 645.47 crore by issuing additional e-money through forgery.
The commission also filed a case against former education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury鈥檚 wife Emma Claire Burton on charges of amassing illegal wealth and non-submission of wealth report to the commission.
Its assistant director Mohammad Shahjahan Miraj filed the embezzlement case with its Dhaka-1 integrated district office against the former Nagad MD, said commission director general (prevention) Md Akhtar Hossain.
The other accused are Nagad Limited鈥檚 executive director Md Safayet Alam, additional managing director Aminul Haque, senior manager of treasury department Maruful Islam Jalak, chief technology officer Md Abu Rayhan, head of finance operation Md Rakibul Islam, chief finance officer Afzal Ahmed, chief commercial officer Shihab Uddin Chowdhury and head of business intelligence Gulam Mortaja Chowdhury.
According to the case statement, the accused, in collusion with each other, issued Tk 645.47 crore as additional e-Money against the physical money deposited in Trust Cum Settlement Account and embezzled the money through non-approved 41 distributors.
The plundering was carried out through forgery, false description and manipulation of digital reports while operating mobile financial services under a contract with the Bangladesh Postal Department from March 1, 2021, to November 17, 2024.
The anti-corruption commission鈥檚 case against Mohibul鈥檚 wife Emma Claire Burton accuses her of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 84,35,128 and non-submission of wealth report to the ACC.
Commission director general Akhter Hossain said that Emma was ordered to submit an asset declaration to the ACC after an initial inquiry revealed that she had acquired assets worth over Tk 84 lakh beyond known sources of income.
The commission filed the case as Emma did not submit the asset statement within the stipulated time and did not apply for an extension of time, he added.
Earlier, ACC filed a case against Mohibul Hassan on charges of amassing illegal wealth woth Tk 2.94 crore.
Mohibul Hassan, also a former lawmaker of the ousted Awami League regime from Chattogram-9 constituency, has not been seen in public since the regime鈥檚 fall in the July uprising.
