DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted charge sheet in much-talked-about Hall-Mark loan scam bringing allegation against 25 officials of Sonali Bank and Hall-Mark Group.

ACC deputy director, also Probe officer Meer Joynul Abedin Shibli filed the charge shit with Ramna Thana on Monday noon.

On September 16, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) approved the charge sheet of 11 cases against Hall-Mark Group for loan scam on September 16.

Earlier, little-known Hallmark Group and five other companies embezzled Tk 3,547 crore from state-run Sonali Bank with the help of bank’s high-ups.

A central bank probe found that Sonali Bank high-ups, including a deputy managing director, a general manager and the branch manager, were directly involved in the scam.

Of Tk 3,547 crore, Hallmark Group alone took away Tk 2,686.14 crore, T and Brothers Tk 609.69 crore, Paragon Group Tk 146.60 crore, Nakshi Knit Tk 66.36 crore, DN Sports Tk 33.25 crore and Khanjahan Ali Tk 4.96 crore.

Of the six borrowers, Hall-mark has been found to be the biggest fraudster.

BDST: 1529 HRS, OCT 07, 2013
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