Hallmark-Sonali Scam
Jesmin granted conditional bail
Asked to pay Tk 100cr to Sonali Bank every month
A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to Hallmark Group chairman Jesmin Islam on condition that she would repay Tk 100 crore every month to the state- owned Sonali Bank until the amount the group had embezzled from the bank was returned.
Senior special judge Zahurul Haq granted the conditional bail. Earlier, the High Court cancelled the previous bail of Jesmin Islam, who is an accused in 11 graft cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over her alleged involvement in embezzling around Tk 1,568 crore.
The Hallmark Group had swindled the money out
of Sonali Bank’s Ruposhi Bangla hotel branch through fake documents.
On October 4, 2012, the ACC filed 11 cases against seven officials of the Hallmark Group, including its managing director Tanvir Mahmud and 20 officials of Sonali Bank, including its former managing director Humayun Kabir, for their alleged involvement in the embezzlement of over Tk 1,568.39 crore, the funded part of around Tk 2,686 crore, swindled out of Sonali Bank.
-With New Age input
