CID submits charge-sheet against online casino ‘kingpin’ Salim Prodhan
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police today confirmed that they submitted a charge-sheet against online casino "kingpin" Salim Prodhan and five others including his South Korean associate in a case filed under the Money Laundering Act.
The other accused in the case are, Akhteruzzaman, Roman, Arifur Rahman, Chowdhury Golam Mostafa, and Youngsik Lee.
CID Inspector Shahidul Islam Khan who is also investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet at a Dhaka Court on Sunday, Jisanul Haque, senior assistant superintendent of CID, confirmed the matter in a press release issued today.
The CID said that the accused have laundered Tk 13.28 crore through the illegal online casino trade. During the investigation, they found nine business institutions, a villa in Thailand and two bank cheques of Tk six crore. At least 83 bank accounts of the six accused have been freezed.
On September 28 last year, Salim Prodhan was arrested from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while he was attempting to flee the country.
Based on information, the Rapid Action Battalion conducted a 20-hour raid at his Gulshan office and Banani residence that day.
During the raid, the law enforcers seized around Tk 29 lakh, currencies of 23 countries worth Tk 77.63 lakh, 32 cheque books of three banks, five credit cards, two pieces of spotted deer hide and 48 bottles of foreign liquor.
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