The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed four cases against 31 people, including board of directors, top officials of National Bank Limited, and Desh Television Ltd鈥檚 managing director, Arif Hasan, on charges of embezzling Tk 1,414 crore through forgery.
The ACC filed the four cases with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1 following the approval of the cases by the commission, said ACC spokesperson and director general Md Aktar Hossain.
The first case was filed against 15 people on charges of conspiring to register a fictitious development company, 鈥楤roadway Real Estate Limited,鈥� using false information, and they obtained a loan of Tk 490 crore from National Bank Ltd, Mohakhali branch, for the construction of a 16-storey commercial building on land that was not owned by the company.
The loan was secured by providing misleading information about the property鈥檚 mortgage status and violating banking regulations.
The 15 accused embezzled a total of Tk 668 crore including interest. They are Broadway Real Estate Ltd chairman Md Ismail, its managing director Mohammad Sharif Uzzaman Khan, 聽directors Mohammad Fazle Rabbi, Towsif Saifullah, Desh TV managing director and chairman of Hasan Telecom Ltd. and shareholder, Broadway Real Estate Ltd鈥檚 Arif Hasan, NBL鈥檚 former deputy managing director Syed Rais Uddin, its former additional managing director ASM Bulbul, former AMD MA Wadud, former managing director Chowdhury Mostaq Ahmed (CM Ahmed), former NBL directors Monowara Sikder, Parveen Haque Sikder, Moazzem Hossain, Khalilur Rahman, Mabrur Hossain, and former sub-registrar of Mohammadpur Md Rajab Ali.
The second case was filed against 12 people on charges of taking a Tk 300 crore loan from Gulshan branch of National Bank Ltd in the name of Mariam Construction Limited through forgery. The total amount was misappropriated, including interest, amounted to Tk 583 crore.
The 12 accused are Mariam Construction Ltd managing director Alam Ahmed, director Haridas Barman, NBL former deputy managing director Arif Mohammad Shahidul Haque, former AMD ASM Bulbul, former AMD MA Wadud, Chowdhury Mostaq Ahmed (CM Ahmed), former directors Ron Haque Sikder, Rick Haque Sikder, Moazzem Hossain, AKM Enamul Haque Shamim, Khalilur Rahman, Zakaria Taher, and Mabrur Hossain.
The third case was filed against 14 people on charges of taking a Tk 80 crore loan from NBL鈥檚 Mohakhali branch through fake documents in the name of Prakriti Associates Limited.
The accused misappropriated the loan money of TK 101 crore including interest. The accused are the proprietors of Prakriti Associates鈥� Md Sharif-Uzzaman Khan, Arif Hasan, Syed Rais Uddin, Chowdhury Mostaq Ahmed, MA Wadud, ASM Bulbul, NBL鈥檚 EVP Md Zahirul Islam, former vice-president Md Abu Rashed Noab, Monowara Sikder, Parveen Haque Sikder, Khalilur Rahman, Moazzem Hossain, Ron Haque Sikder, and Md Mabrur Hossain.
The fourth case was filed against 11 people on charges of taking a loan of Tk 40 crore from the NBL Kuakata branch in Patuakhali in the name of The View Hotel and Resort Limited through forgery.
They allegedly misappropriated a total of Tk 61 crore, including interest of the loan, said the case statement.
The accused are The View Hotel and Resort Ltd managing director Nahid Sarwar, and its director Mostafa Moin Sarwar, NBL鈥檚 principal officer Rumi Imroz Rashid, DMD Shah Syed Abdul Bari, Chowdhury Mostaq Ahmed, former directors Monowara Sikder, Khalilur Rahman, Moazzem Hossain, Rick Haque Sikder, Mabrur Hossain, and Naimuzzaman Bhuiyan.