The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 58 individuals including, son of S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, for embezzling Tk1,092.43 crore from the Chaktai branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC in Chattogram.
ACC Deputy Director Yasir Arafat filed the case at ACC Integrated District Office-1 on Thursday.
The accused included -- Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC former chairman Ahsanul Alam, son of Mohammad Saiful Alam; Fasiul Alam, Kazi Shahidul Alam, Sirajul Kabir, Joynal Abedin, former director Md Selim Uddin, former vice-president Tanvir Ahmed, Nominee Director Syed Abu Asad, Chaktai Branch Head and Assistant Vice-President Monzur Hasan, Chaktai Branch Manager Ahsan Ullah, and the proprietor of Murad Enterprise, Gulam Sarwer Chowdhury.
According to the case report, on November 23, 2021, the Chaktai Branch of Islami Bank disbursed Tk 966.65 crore in loans to Murad Enterprise without receiving valid documents.
It said the without conducting a proper investigation, the bank's investment committee approved the loan just six days after the company opened an account at the branch.
Meanwhile, ACC Deputy Director Nazmus Sadat said that after a long investigation that it was found that top officials were involved in embezzling Tk 1,092.43 crore by submitting fake documents to secure a loan from the Chaktai Branch of Islami Bank under the name of Murad Enterprise.
Sadat said that the accused were benefitted from the illegal loan disbursement.
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