The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed three cases against Faisal Karim Masud, the prime accused in the murder of Osman Hadi, over alleged fraud, forgery, embezzlement, money laundering and acquiring assets beyond his known sources of income.
The anti-graft agency filed two cases against Masud and others on allegations of financial irregularities and separately brought a case against him for allegedly acquiring and possessing assets worth Tk 1,94,58,509 beyond his known sources of income.
The ACC has also decided to issue a notice to Masud’s wife, Shaheda Parvin Samia, asking her to submit a statement of her assets. The commission alleged that she had acquired assets worth Tk 65 lakh beyond her known sources of income.
ACC Secretary Md Saidur Rahman Khan disclosed the information at the commission’s regular media briefing at its headquarters on Monday.
According to the ACC, the first case names Faisal Karim Masud, Md Shafiqul Islam, an executive officer at Midland Bank’s Rupnagar sub-branch, Md Sarwar Hossain, another officer of the same branch, and Masud’s wife Shaheda Parvin Samia as accused.
The commission alleged that the accused prepared a fraudulent tender notice and collected a Tk95.69 lakh pay order as tender security by assuring two companies that they would be allowed to participate in a joint venture.
The money was later allegedly embezzled through a forged and fabricated trade licence.
The ACC said dishonest bank officials assisted in the process, including the opening of a privately owned bank account in the name of a government institution.
The commission further alleged that funds obtained through the fake tender notice were transferred from an account belonging to “Indeed Cloud BD” to “Apple Soft IT”, a company owned by Faisal.
The money was subsequently transferred to Faisal’s personal account at NRB Commercial Bank, according to the ACC. It was later placed in a fixed deposit in the name of his wife, Shaheda Parvin Samia, at the bank’s Banashree-Palli sub-branch.
In the separate case, the ACC accused Faisal of acquiring and possessing assets worth Tk 1,94,58,509 that it said were disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The case was filed under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004.
