S Alam, Ron, Rick accused of embezzling Tk 207cr

Staff Reporter :

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 26 people, including S Alam Group owner and former First Security Islami Bank chairman Mohammad SaifulAlam, and two former National Bank directors Ron HaqueSikder and Rick HaqueSikder on charges of embezzling Tk 2.074 billion in loans.

The case was filed at the ACC’s integrated district office (Dhaka-1) in Segunbagicha in the capital on Tuesday (August 19).

ACC Director General (Prevention) AkhterHossain
confirmed this information. The other accused in the case are Syed Kamrul Islam, Md. Salauddin, Syed Mahbub-e-Karim, First Security Islami Bank PLC official M. M. MostafizurRahman, Md. ZahurulHaque, Abdul Aziz, Syed Wasek Md. Ali, Md. SaifulAlam, Md. Abdul Malek, FarzanaParveen, AtiqurNesa, Md. Ishaq, Ahmed MuktadirArif, KhandakerIftekhar Ahmed, Dr. MomtazUddin Ahmed, BadrunNesa, Md. WahidulAlam Seth, Jamal MostafaChowdhury, MollaFazle Akbar, Lisa FatemaHaqueSikder, ParveenHaqueSikder, Md. Sheikh Alam and Mani Shankar Biswas. The case statement states that the accused, in collusion with each other, embezzled Tk 1.10 billion 2.7 million from First Security Islami Bank in the name of loans through abuse of power, fraud and deceit.

As of June 30 of this year, the outstanding amount, including interest, is Tk207. The crime of money laundering has been committed through the subsequent transfer, conversion and transfer of that money.

The case has been filed against the accused under sections 409/420/109/120B of the Penal Code; Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; and Sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012.