Businessman Moosa denies graft allegation
Controversial businessman Moosa Bin Shamsher today denied the allegation brought against him of amassing wealth illegally and siphoning off a huge amount of money to Switzerland.
Moosa was talking to reporters after emerging from the Anti-Corruption Commission’s head office, where he was interrogated for three and a half hours over the allegation.
A team led by Mir Mohammad Joynul Abedin Shibly, deputy director of the anti-graft body, conducted the interrogation at the ACC’s Segunbagicha office.
The commission launched its inquiry in 2010 following news reports that Moosa allegedly siphoned off over Tk 51,000 crore abroad.
On December 4, the ACC sent a notice asking him to be present at the ACC office today.
Earlier in June, 2011, Bangladesh Bank asked all commercial banks to provide the ACC with information and documents they have on Moosa, a businessman from Faridpur.
The anti-money laundering department of the central bank issued letters the same year to the banks giving a brief introduction about the man.
According to the letter, the business tycoon uses two other names -- Dr Moosa Bin Shamsher and Prince Moosa Bin Shamsher.
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