Dhaka, Sept. 15 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to file cases against 13 overseas recruiting agencies and 31 of their officials for allegedly embezzling Tk11.59 billion in the name of sending workers to Malaysia.
ACC Director General Md Akhter Hossain confirmed the development at the commission's Segunbagicha office on Sunday.
With this move, a total of 25 agencies and 64 individuals now stand accused in the manpower scam, raising the misappropriated amount to Tk22.88 billion, according to the ACC.
The accused agencies include one owned by former Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) president M Shahadat Hossain Taslim.
Investigators said the suspects abused their influence in the Bangladesh Association of Intern...