ACC bans foreign trips for 12 AB Bank officials 

MA Rahman Masum: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has issued a letter over baring 12 AB Bank officials including its former Chairman M Wahidul Haque and Managing Director M Fazlar Rahman on charge of money laundering.

ACC sent the letter to Immigration Authority as it found primary evidences of money laundering of $20 million.

Apart from the above mentioned two officials, former managing director Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury and Head of Financial Institute and Treasury Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal and several members of directory board included in the list.

ACC director Syed Iqbal Hossain confirmed the news to risingbd.

Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated Wahidul Haque and Fazlar Rahman on charge of money laundering on Thursday.

ACC director Syed Iqbal Hossain and Assistant Director Gulshan Anwar Pradhan started the interrogation around 9:00am at ACC headquarters.

The watchdog will grill seven more top officials of the bank on December 31 and January 2 over the same case.

The AB Bank officials allegedly laundered money to Singapore through offshore companies in the name of investment.

Earlier on December 21, three directors of AB Bank, including its chairman M Wahidul Haque, resigned from their posts.

risingbd/Dhaka/December 28, 2017/MA Rahman/A K Azad