ACC to invest three banks’ loan scam

Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is going to start a probe into loan anomalies at Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL), Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL), and First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL).
ACC Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain said it while talking to the journalist on Thursday.
He further said Basic Bank loan scam and money embezzlement allegation will be investigated according the High Court (HC) directives.
Five lawyers have written to ACC and Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) to investigate whether or not money has been laundered in the transaction of about Tk 34,000 crore from IBBL.
When asked to know the action of the ACC in this regard, the secretary said, “The letter has not reached my hands yet.”
After receiving the news from various media, the work of collecting information has been started with the aim of starting the investigation.
Once the information is collected, further investigation will be started as per the decision of the commission. The matter is under process.
Recently several media have published reports on the irregularities of the banks in giving loans. In various ways, the information about taking out loans from IBBL, SIBL an FSIBL has been highlighted in the report.
Out of this, Tk 7,246 crore was withdrawn from IBBL and the rest from SIBL and FSIBL. And among the institutions in whose name these loans are issued, several have taken loans using fake addresses. Tk 2,000 crore was withdrawn from Ibbl in the name of two on paper companies.
On the other hand, the High Court advised to file a writ in the case of withdrawing thousands of crores of taka from IBBL and taking a loan of Tk 30,000 crores from S Alam Group by opening fake addresses and paper companies.