The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved the charge sheet in a case filed against PK Halder and 13 of his associates on charges of acquiring illegal assets and money laundering.
The approval came on Wednesday following a lengthy investigation. ACC Deputy Director Salauddin had filed the probe report against the 14 persons.
According to the commission’s findings, Prashant Kumar Halder alias PK Halder was involved in the embezzlement of Tk426 crore and bank transactions amounting to Tk6,080 crore through STR, LCTR and EFTR to several banks and laundering Tk1.17 crore to Canada.
The other accused are Halder’s mother Lilabati Halder, Avantika Baral, Shankha Bepari, Sukumar Mridha, Anindita Mridha, Purnima Rani Halder, Uttam Kumar Mistry, Amitabh Adhikari, Pritish Kumar Halder, Rajib Same, Subrata Das, Ananga Mahen Roy and Swapan Kumar Mistry.
On top of the previously filed 15 cases, the commission has approved seven more cases against Halder and his associates.
On October 22, 2019, the ACC issued a travel ban on Halder, one of the most infamous loan scammers of Bangladesh, but he managed to flee the country through the Benapole land port.
The commission is now trying to bring back Halder, who currently lives in Canada.
