The US intelligence agency Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has found evidence of serious financial irregularities and money laundering against former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajib Wazed Joy.
The US intelligence agency has recently confirmed this through its London representative.
It is reported that Linda Samuels, senior trial attorney at the US Department of Justice, contacted Special Agent La Privot. 300 million dollars were smuggled into various US bank accounts from Pan Bangladesh, and on the 9th of last month, a delegation of the FBI held a meeting with the director general of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Bangladesh and the director general of the money laundering and legal unit, where the FBI delegation handed over a large amount of documents to Bangladesh.
ACC officials learned that on the 1st last month, a three-member delegation led by EU Delegation Head of Cooperation Michael Kreza in Bangladesh met with the then ACC Chairman Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah, who discussed technical assistance to repatriate the funds and increase the operational capacity of the commission.
They also found out that in the case of ‘United States vs Rizvi Ahmed’ in the case of 'United States vs. Rizvi Ahmed', Sajib Wazed Joy's name came to the first notice. The FBI investigation brought up the issue of Joy's serious financial misconduct, especially in the name of Joy, using various bank accounts in Hong Kong and Cayman Islands, and information about transferring money to New York, Washington DC and London Bank.
In this regard, senior lawyers and a special agent of the Department of Justice have learned that 300 million dollars have been deposited from Bangladesh in various US banks through the Shell Company of Cayman Island and Hong Kong.
‘This is a very true case. We can get more specific information in the future. We will talk about this later,’ ACC Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen told reporters.’
Meanwhile, the ACC has launched an investigation against Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajib Wazed Joy for smuggling USD 300 million dollars, which has been sent to the ACC Director General (Special Inquiry) for further investigation, along with 9 priority development projects under the Awami League government during the 9 priority development projects under the BEPZA and Beza. Through the separate investigations of the allegations of embezzlement against Sheikh Hasina, Joy, Hasina's sister Sheikh Rehana, British MP Tulip Siddique and others, these projects include Rooppur nuclear power plant, shelter and other projects.
The 5 billion dollars of the Rooppur nuclear power plant project alone has been embezzled $5 billion, and the investigation has also included the name of his family, including the British Finance Minister Tulip Siddik, and it is also alleged that Tulip was intermediate with Russia in 2013 with a nuclear power plant and arms supply agreement with Russia in which a large amount of money was embezzled.
Recently published in the white paper about the country's economy, it has been said that Bangladesh has smuggled 16 billion dollars annually between 2009 and 2023 under the Awami League government.
