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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 21 people, including 19 bankers, on charges of illegal buying and selling of dollars and foreign currency at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital.
ACC Deputy Director Syed Nazrul Islam filed the case as plaintiff on Wednesday (March 27). 19 bankers and two owners of money exchange institutions have been made accused in the case. ACC Secretary Khorsheda Yasmin confirmed this information to reporters.
The accused are Janata Bank Senior Officer Suruj Jamal, Principal Officer Shamim Ahmed, Principal Officer Ashikuzzaman, Senior Officer Amit Chandra Dey, Senior Officer Manik Mia, Senior Officer Sadiq Iqbal, Senior Officer Sujan Ali, Senior Principal Officer Anwar Parvez, Senior Officer Humayun Kabir. ; Sonali Bank Senior Officer Sohrab Uddin Khan, Senior Officer (Cash) Shariful Islam Bhuiyan, Senior Officer Mohammad Sabuj Mir, Senior Officer (Cash) Khan Ashiqur Rahman, Senior Officer (Cash) ABM Sajjad Haider, Senior Officer (Cash) Kamrul Islam, Officer Samiul Islam Khan, Supporting Staff Mosharraf Hossain; Agrani Bank Senior Officer Abdur Razzak, Mutual Trust Bank Officer Abu Tarek Pradhan, Avia Money Changer Customer Service Manager Asadul Hossain and Imperial Money Exchange Company Limited Managing Director KM Kabir Ahmed.
409/420/467/468/471/109 of the Penal Code against them; 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; 4(2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012 and 23(1) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 have been charged.
In this regard, the ACC Secretary said, preliminary evidence has been found against the defendants regarding their involvement in buying and selling of foreign currency and money laundering while on duty at the airport. They are illegally collecting foreign currency and illegally supplying currency to corrupt people who launder money through money laundering.
He said the government is losing a huge amount of revenue from legitimate banking channels due to illegal buying and selling of dollars. These illegal money can be smuggled out of the country. ACC will henceforth monitor these issues regularly.
According to the affidavit of the case, passengers coming from abroad through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport bring dollars and foreign currency worth more than 100 million rupees every day. The gang is embezzling these dollars through fraud.
Foreign currency is taken from passengers on fake vouchers and then released in the open market. Despite being officers of licensed banks and registered money exchange institutions, they are illegally buying foreign currency and selling it in the open market for personal gain.
Bangladesh /IJ
