Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has pressed charges against former National Bank Limited director Rick Haque Sikder and 11 others for their alleged involvement in the embezzlement and laundering of approximately Tk 215 million abroad through credit card misuse.

According to the charge sheet approved by the ACC's Special Investigation and Inquiry Division-3, the accused, in collusion with one another, misused foreign currency credit cards in violation of the Guidelines for Foreign Exchange Transactions (GFET)-2018, Foreign Exchange Circular No. 30 (dated July 25, 2019), and the Bangladesh Bank Prudential Regulations for Consumer Financing (BRPD Circular No. 04, dated April 3, 2017).

Investigations revealed that bet...