Dhaka, March 11 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has decided to prosecute 32 individuals from 12 recruiting agencies, including the wife and daughter of former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, for allegedly embezzling and laundering Tk 1.13 billion by overcharging workers through a syndicate to send them to Malaysia.

The agency's Director General (Prevention) Md Akhtar Hossain said they embezzled a substantial sum by charging 67,380 people "five times" the government-fixed amount of Tk 78,990.

The owners and high-ranking officials of the 12 recruiting agencies are being implicated in the case.

Along with Kamal, Feni-2 MP Nizamuddin Hazari, former Feni-3 MP Masud Uddin Chowdhury and Dhaka-20 MP Benjir Ahmed were found to be...