ACC arrests former AB Bank chairman, two others


FE Team | Published: January 25, 2018 18:31:53 | Updated: January 25, 2018 21:11:44


ACC arrests former AB Bank chairman, two others

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested former AB Bank chairman Wahidul Haque over his suspected involvement in laundering Taka 1.65 billion.

ACC's spokesman Pranab Bhattacharya on Thursday said former AB Bank official Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal and Saiful Haque, a client of the bank, were also arrested on the same charges.

According to ACC, the bank officials were allegedly involved in money laundering by setting up an offshore company in Singapore.

A bdnews24 report said the laundered figure is Tk 1.65 billion that was transferred to a Dubai-based company PGF, it said.

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