Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission is going to accuse 26 people from five recruiting agencies over allegations of embezzlement and money laundering through syndication while sending workers to Malaysia.

On Thursday, ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain said the charges will cover embezzlement and money laundering involving Tk 3.14 billion.

He added that the agencies reportedly collected five times the government-approved fee of Tk 78,990 from 18,767 workers.

The ACC had previously filed similar cases on November 6 and 12 against 16 people, while a case against 13 recruiting agencies was lodged on Sept 14.

One of the cases involves GMG Trading (Pvt) Ltd, accusing the chairman and five others of collecting Tk 470 million...