Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file cases against five more recruiting agencies and 26 individuals on charges of embezzling and laundering Tk 3.14 billion in the name of sending workers to Malaysia.

Md Akhter Hossain, Director General (Prevention) of the ACC, told reporters on Thursday that the agencies had charged five times higher fees than the government-approved amount of Tk 78,990 from 18,767 workers.

Earlier, on November 11, the ACC filed cases against five persons from four recruiting agencies, and on November 6, it sued 11 officials from six agencies on similar charges. On September 14, the anti-graft body also lodged cases against top officials of 13 recruiting agencies for the same offenc...