Fraudsters embezzle Tk 11cr thru' forgery

A gang of fraudsters forged government cheques and took over Tk 11 crore from the state coffer.
The gang using 47 cheques, similar to that printed by Bangladesh Government Press, withdrew over Tk 11 crore posing as people getting compensation for land acquisition by the state, said Deputy Director Benogir Ahmed of Special Enquiry and Investigation Section-2 of Anti Corruption Commission.
Sources said the ACC is looking into whether employees of the BG press were involved in this.
Benogir Ahmed said they already detected 10 members of the gang which withdrew the money opening 20 bank accounts with different banks with fake identities.
The gang posed as land owners in Savar, Baunia of Uttara and Mohammadpur whose land were acquired by the government, he added. In truth, neither the government acquired the land nor did the DC office provide the compensation cheques.
Benogir said they smelt something fishy way back in 2010 but it took them time to detect the gang since the gang uses fake documents. He said they were going to file 35 fraud cases but the ACC only gave permission for 10 so far.
On Sunday, 10 cases will be filed with police stations concerned and with the ACC's permission the remaining cases will be lodged later on, he added.
None has been apprehended in this connection.