The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved filing a case against 9 individuals, including top officials of Dutch-Bangla Bank, on charges of embezzling Tk94.97 lakh of a customer through agent banking.
ACC’s Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed the matter of the case on Wednesday.
The accused are: Proprietor of Munmanha Agent Branch under Dutch-Bangla Bank, SM Sohail Mahmud; Teller Md Abdul Hannan; and Outlet Relation Officer Poly Khatun, former Area Manager of Dutch-Bangla Bank Md Ashraful Islam; former Regional Head HM Kamruzzaman; Divisional Head Ahammad Aslam Al Ferdous; Deputy Managing Director Md Sahadat Hossain; and Managing Director Abul Kashem Md Shirin.
The ACC complaint states that in 2018, a Dutch-Bangla Bank agent banking branch named Munmanha received approval in Aronghata Bazar, Khulna. Services like customer transactions, deposits, expatriate remittances, loans, and bill payments were being provided there under the bank’s initiative to make financial services easily accessible locally.
The accused embezzled Tk94.97 from 50 customers, then closed the branch and went into hiding instead of shutting it down properly.
Charges have been brought against the accused under Section 5(2) of the Corruption Prevention Act, 1947, along with Sections 409/420/109 of the Penal Code.
