Staff Reporter :
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against DATCO Group Chairman and controversial businessman Moosa Bin Shamsher for allegedly acquiring illegal wealth and giving false and baseless information on his wealth to the ACC.
Deputy Director of ACC Meer Joynul Abedin Shibli filed the case with the Ramna Police Station in the afternoon.
The case was lodged against Moosa under Section 26 (1) and (2) and Section 27 (1) of the ACC Act 2004, Meer Joynul Abedin Shibli said.
Earlier in the morning, the Commission at its regular meeting approved a proposal to file a case against Moosa.
On June 7, 2015, Moosa told the ACC that he possesses around 12 hundred bighas of land in Savar and Gazipur, and there is around US $12 billion (Tk 93,000 crore) in his Swiss Bank account, the ACC official said.
Moosa, however, failed to provide any valid documents in support of his claim, which is a punishable offense, the ACC sources said. On January 28, 2016, the ACC interrogated him but Moosa could not provide all the detailed information about his bank account at the Swiss Bank and his land.
Talking to reporters in front of the ACC office after facing grilling on January 28 last, the DATCO Group Chairman hoped that he will get back his money seized in the Swiss Bank.
On December 14, 2014, the national anti-graft body also interrogated Moosa.
Moosa featured in cover stories of The Sunday Telegraph Magazine (London) and many other business magazines, including Business Asia, revealing that he has accumulated wealth worth about US$ 7 billion.
Considering the reports published in international media about his lifestyle, income and income sources, the ACC on November 3, 2014, decided to launch a probe against him who is believed to have made his fortune selling arms during the Iran-Iraq war.
Moosa, a pioneer of manpower export from Bangladesh, has drawn flak for purportedly being a prominent name in the international arms industry during the 1970s and 1980s.
It is alleged that Moosa has a Swiss Bank account with US$ 7 billion frozen in it because of ‘irregular’ transactions.
