A former senior officer of Dutch Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) has accused the bank's owners top executives, prominent Awami League figures and businessmen of laundering billions of Taka to different countries including Canada, Switzerland, Singapore, and Thailand. The amounts may exceed 300 billion taka, he alleged.
The ex-employee, who resigned as a senior officer of the bank two months before the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime, alleged that the bank's chairman, managing director and their close associates orchestrated the money laundering scheme.
The former officer admitted to approving many of these transactions under direct orders from senior bank officials. Despite witnessing the massive outflow of funds, the whistleblower claimed the bank refrained from reporting the activities to the concerned authorities of Bangladesh Bank (BB).
In the letter, the DBBL ex-employee further accused the bank's owners of using over 600 foreign cash credit cards for siphoning off money abroad. He alleged the bank managing director and his relatives are holdings huge dollars at safe places in their houses and other places.
The bank's ex-employee suggested immediate probe into his allegations.
