bdnews24.com :
A Dhaka court has sentenced nine Bismillah Group executives, including Managing Director Khaza Soleiman Anwar Chowdhury and Chairman Nowrin Hasib, to ten years in prison over a money laundering case.
Judge Md Atabullah announced the verdict on Monday. All nine of the convicts are currently at large.
The court has also fined the convicts double the Tk 153.35 million they laundered. This fine must be submitted to the treasury in 60 days.
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed a dozen cases against 54 Bismillah Group officials in 2013 on charges of borrowing Tk 12 billion in fraudulent loans from several banks, money laundering and corruption.
A Dhaka court has sentenced nine Bismillah Group executives, including Managing Director Khaza Soleiman Anwar Chowdhury and Chairman Nowrin Hasib, to ten years in prison over a money laundering case.
Judge Md Atabullah announced the verdict on Monday. All nine of the convicts are currently at large.
The court has also fined the convicts double the Tk 153.35 million they laundered. This fine must be submitted to the treasury in 60 days.
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed a dozen cases against 54 Bismillah Group officials in 2013 on charges of borrowing Tk 12 billion in fraudulent loans from several banks, money laundering and corruption.
