The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has interrogated four officials of Bangladesh Bank (BB) over financial scams involving former NRB Global Bank managing director Prashant Kumar Halder alias PK Halder. The four central bank officials are joint directors Md Ferdous Kabir and ABM Mobarak Hossain, Deputy Director Md Hamidul Alam and Assistant Director Md Kader. The questioning went on for four hours, during when they denied embezzling the money and sending it to PK Halder. According to the ACC, PK Halder has swindled at least Tk11,000 crore from various organizations. PK Halder has embezzled around Tk3,500 crore from ILFSL, Tk2,200 crore from FAS Finance, Tk2,500 crore from Reliance Finance and Tk3,000 crore from People's Leasing.

Source: The Express Tribune January 24, 2022 13:57 UTC