BD’s biggest-ever scam surfaces

DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh’s anti-corruption agency on Thursday filed charges against 27 top bankers and business leaders in the country’s biggest-ever banking scandal, officials said. The embezzlement of 16 billion taka ($192 million) is alleged to have taken place through Sonali Bank, Bangladesh’s largest state-run bank, between 2010 and May this year. The legal action came after the central bank found that Sonali had breached rules in paying out millions of dollars through one of its branches in the capital Dhaka to the Hallmark group, a textile firm.

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