Arms case filed against the Hall-Mark boss Tanvir Mahmud, managing director of Hall-Mark Group of Industries, and Tushar Ahmed, general manager of the company, were each placed on a 24-day remand in three cases over the Sonali Bank loan scam yesterday. The Hall-Mark MD was also placed on an additional five days’ remand in an arms ... Read more
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Hall-Mark MD arrested after daylong drive
Sonali Loan Scam Hall-Mark MD arrested after daylong drive Tanvir Mahmud, managing director of Hall-Mark Group, and another top official of the controversial firm, were nabbed by the Rapid Action Battalion last night in the capital’s Pallabi in connection with the Sonali Bank loan scam. The other official is Tushar Ahmed, general manager (commercial), also ... Read more
Hall-Mark seeks fresh Sonali loan
Claims it can export garment worth Tk 500cr in 2 months if granted Tk 25cr loan Controversial business group Hall-Mark has sought a fresh loan of Tk 25 crore from the Sonali Bank, claiming the credit would help it export garment worth Tk 500 crore in two months, said sources in the bank. Like before, ... Read more
27 sued, finally
Hall-Mark Loan Scam 27 sued, finally After two and a half months’ investigation, the Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed 11 cases against 27 top officials of Sonali Bank and Hall-Mark Group for misappropriating over Tk 1,568 crore in depositor’s money. The sum, which was funded loan meaning given in cash, is part of
Sonali directors put blame on management
Hall-Mark Loan Scam Sonali directors put blame on management Immediate-past directors of Sonali Bank yesterday tried to wash their hands of the Hall-Mark loan scam and blamed the Tk 2,686 crore swindle squarely on the bank’s management. A four-member parliamentary probe committee held a meeting with the bank’s nine former directors for nearly three hours ... Read more
Shortcut to fortune
Hall-Mark’s way of building empire with short-term loans Controversial business group Hall-Mark in wilful violation of banking rules has invested in long-term projects the money it took in short-term loan from state-run Sonali Bank. The group that began making garments in 2007 now owns 80 factories, at least 40 of which are on paper though. ... Read more
Sonali board members blame management
Hallmark Scam Sonali board members blame management Four members of the board of directors of Sonali Bank on Wednesday alleged the bank management was involved in the Hallmark money swindling, claiming their non-involvement in the loan scam. Members of the board of directors Suvas Chandra Singho Roy, Jannat Ara Henry, KM Zaman Romel and Sattayendra Chandra ... Read more
Sonali Bank won’t file criminal case
Tk 2,686cr Hall-Mark Scam Sonali Bank won’t file criminal case Wants ACC to deal with criminal charges Sonali Bank has decided not to file any criminal case against the controversial Hall-Mark Group, which swindled Tk 2,686 crore out of the bank’s Ruposhi Bangla Hotel branch using forged documents. “Legal advisers have suggested that we don’t ... Read more
No reply from Hallmak on money refund
The Sonali Bank decides its next course of action against the Hallmark Group today as the group ignored a notice seeking refund of a half of the money embezzled from the bank’s Ruposhi Bangla Hotel branch, officials said. The Hallmark Group embezzled Tk 2,668.38 crore from the branch of Sonali Bank with forged
Hallmark Group ignores Sonali Bank notice
Refunding money Hallmark Group ignores Sonali Bank notice The Hallmark Group ignored a Sonali Bank notice to refund a half of the money it had embezzled from its branches as the 15-day deadline ends today. The Hallmark Group embezzled Tk 2,668.38 crore from the branches of Sonali Bank. On September 4, Sonali Bank issued a letter asking ... Read more
Turn in bank details
Hall-Mark Scam Turn in bank details Central bank asks 32 Sonali officials; scam buster not allowed to probe suspicious loan The central bank yesterday asked 32 Sonali Bank officials, including a former managing director, to submit their bank statements within 10 days. The statements will be sent to the Anti-Corruption Commission for legal action if ... Read more
Value inflated abnormally
Hall-Mark’s Mortgaged Land Value inflated abnormally Savar police, admin always turned a deaf ear to complaints of land-grabbing against Hall-Mark in Janata Housing project The controversial Hall-Mark Group now claims an abnormally inflated price for the 47 acres of land it has mortgaged to Sonali Bank for the Tk 2,686-crore loan it has taken using ... Read more
More time needed to file cases against bank officials, Tanvir: Sonali MD
Sonali Bank managing director Pradip Kumar Dutta on Thursday said that the bank needed more time to file criminal cases against some of its officials and Hallmark Group’s managing director and chairman in connection with swindling of more than Tk 3,606 crore from the bank. The bank has already appointed two lawyers and continued the ... Read more
18 companies of Hallmark Group obtained TIN but did not submit tax returns
The National Board of Revenue has found that 18 associate companies of the Hallmark Group did neither submit tax returns nor paid taxes for any fiscal year though the companies have obtained tax identification numbers as business entities, NBR officials said on Monday. The NBR will serve notice very soon to the companies asking why they ... Read more
Sonali to sue culprits
Tk 3,606cr Swindle Sonali to sue culprits The finance ministry yesterday asked the Sonali Bank to file criminal cases against the officials of the bank and Hall-Mark Group involved in the recent loan scam. The bank and financial institutions division of the ministry in a letter directed the bank’s management to take “departmental and legal ... Read more
Nonsense!
Hall-mark scam Nonsense! Muhith ridicules media outcry; experts shocked Finance Minister AMA Muhith’s comments yesterday on the Sonali Bank loan scam — that the swindle of Tk 4,000 crore was a trivial amount –surprised many, including a former minister, an economist and a banker. “Here, my banking crisis — which is not a crisis at ... Read more
Adviser’s shadow in Hallmark scam
Modasser Ali denies allegation; anti-graft body quizzes 5 Sonali Bank officials The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has information that Syed Modasser Ali, an adviser to the prime minister, allegedly influenced Sonali Bank authorities into granting a huge amount of loan to the controversial Hallmark Group illegally, said ACC sources. “The information came from different sources and ... Read more