Court defers Destiny verdict

A Dhaka court docket this day fastened 15 January for saying the decision in a case filed against 19 other folks, at the side of Rafiqul Amin, managing director of multilevel marketing (MLM) firm Destiny, on charges of laundering over Tk2,257 crore from patrons.

Settle of Dhaka’s Special Settle Court docket-4 Rabiul Alam has refixed the date for saying the decision of the case.

The explain had fastened this day for the decision after completing the listening to on arguments of the voice and the accused. However the explain reset the date because the decision became once now no longer ready this day.

The accused of the case are- Managing Director Rafiqul Amin, Director Lieutenant Typical (Retd.) Harunur Rashid, Head Situation of enterprise Chairman Md. Hossain, Vice President Mohammad Gofaranul Haque, Md. Talked about-ur Rahman, Mejbah Uddin Swapan, Engineer Sheikh Tyebur Rahman and Gopal Chandra Biswas, Director Syed Sajjad Hossain, Irfan Ahmed Sani, Mrs. Farha Diba and Jamsed Ara Chowdhury, Profit Sharing Distributor Md. Jasim Uddin Bhuiyan, Typical Secretary of Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Restricted.

Zakir Hossain and member Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Diamond Govt SM Ahsanul Kabir Biplab, Zobair Sohail and Abdul Mannan and Crown Govt Mosaddeq Ali Khan.

Amongst the accused, Rafiqul Amin, Farha Diba and Mohammad Hossain are in jail whereas Lieutenant Typical (retd) Harunur Rashid is out on bail. The closing 15 accused are absconding.

On 31 July 2012, ACC Deputy Director Md Mojahar Ali Sarker filed the case against 12 persons at the side of Rafiqul Amin with Kalabagan Police Space in Dhaka on charges of embezzlement and laundering the fund of customers to the tune of Tk2,257 crore.

The ACC submitted a value sheet before the court docket within the case against 19 other folks on 20 March 2014 after completion of the investigation. Names of seven others were integrated within the cost sheet as their involvement became once came across right via the investigation.

On 24 August 2016, the court docket started the trial. As many as 140 other folks gave depositions right via the trial within the case.

Essentially based on the case crucial facets, Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Restricted (DMCSL) cheated extra than eight and a half lakh investors from July 2009 to June 2012 for their very personal revenue.

Thousands of crores of cash were composed from investors within the determine of providing loans, investing in non-revenue organisations, opening new firms, which had been later diverted by the accused persons within the determine of dividends, honorarium and salaries.

On the assorted hand, from 21 March 2006 to 17 February 2009, extra than Tk2,000 crore became once composed from customers for Destiny Tree-Plantation Restricted (DTPL) within the determine of sale of timber in violation of criminal pointers and regulations.

The accused persons in connivance with each and every assorted embezzled the money as salaries, honorarium, dividends, special allowances or commissions, consistent with the prosecution.