4 arrested for embezzling Tk 2.57 crore from DBBL, ringleader remains at large

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Detectives on Tuesday night arrested four people in connection with embezzling Tk 2.57 crore by changing the electronic journal of Dutch Bangla Bank Limited’s ATM.

However, the ringleader of the racket , Mir Md Shaharuzzaman Rony, a senior officer at DBBL’s Alternative Delivery Channels Division still remains at large with detectives suspecting that he may have fled the country.

The arrestees are, Rony’s wife Saima Akhter, Al-Amin Babu, Mehedi Hasan Mamun and Asaduzzaman Asad.

AKM Hafiz Akhtar, additional commissioner (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police revealed the information to the press on Wednesday .

“The social media crime investigation team arrested them from different areas of Dhaka and Narayanganj on Tuesday following a series of raids,” he said.

“Rony changed the electronic journal of the ATM — making 1,363 transactions through 637 accounts and embezzled Tk 2.57 crore,” he added.

Rony may have fled the country, the detective suspected.

Source: United News of Bangladesh