Sonali Bank officials sued for 'embezzling' Tk 3.23 million


FE Team | Published: June 21, 2022 23:33:40 | Updated: June 23, 2022 14:49:53


Sonali Bank officials sued for 'embezzling' Tk 3.23 million

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against 21 officials of Sonali Bank and One Spinning Mills Ltd for embezzling Tk 3.23 million from the bank.

The case was filed with the Dhaka office of the ACC by Assistant Director Mohammad Ibrahim.

The owners of One Spinning Mills Ltd. and the officials of Sonali Bank, in collusion with each other issued bonds without collateral, and created LTR on a condition that the terms of the bonds were not complied with, according to UNB.

“Even though the company did not pay the money as per the rules after importing machinery, it received the machinery from the port through import documents,” the report said.

Approval was given by the Commission to file a case under section 409/109 against 21 persons for committing a punishable offense under section.

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