The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has finally approved the charges against 147 people, including Basic Bank ex-chairman Sheikh Abdul Hai Bachchu, in 59 loan scam cases filed around 13 years ago.
The anti-graft body approved the charge sheets at its regular meeting held at the commission’s Segunbagicha headquarters in the capital on Monday, ACC Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain told reporters.
He added that the accused of the cases embezzled Tk 2265,68,00,145 from the Basic Bank in the guise of loans. Among the 147 accused, 46 are bank officials and 101 are borrowers.
Bachchu was not named in the FIR of these cases, but his name was included in the charge sheets after ACC found his involvement during investigation in the loan scam cases.
ACC findings show that numerous officials, including the chairman of Basic Bank, owners of various companies and other accused abused their power for dishonest purposes to take out loans from the bank against mortgages that were fake, over-evaluated, or non-existent.
