UCBL official sent to jail over money laundering

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Chittagong Bureau :
A court in Chittagong directed to send a official of United Commercial Bank Ltd to jail custody after his surrender in a case of money laundering yesterday.
The alleged official named Egnr. Md. Golam Kabir. Senior Special Judge Md. Shah Noor in a verdict directed to send him in jail. Engr. Golam Kabir is the Managing Director of UCBL’s sister concern Geotic Survey Company, ACC counsel Advocate Mesbahuddin chowdhury said. Court sources said Golam Kabir helped to a BNP leader and importer Ali Abbas for borrowing loan of Tk.18 crores on plea of import of foodgrains from UCBL , Khatungonj branch following the submit of false information of a mortgaged properties by the survey company during the period of 2009 to 2012. Later this amount of money was trafficked to abroad through money laundering , sources said.
A case in connection filed to the Kotwali thana in city on January 24, 2013 by the Assistant Director of ACC Hqs Mahbubul Alam as plaintiff under section 4(2)/3 of Money Laundering Act. Importer Ali Abbas made main accused alongwtih 7 others including Golam Kabir, sources said.
 Counsel of the ACC Mesbauddin Chowdhury told that the main accused Abbas now in jail and Golam Kabir sent to jail yesterday after his surrender before the court. Mentionable that accused six others now under bail of High court, counsel sources said.
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