Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday approved five separate cases against former Prime Minister's Private Industry and Investment Adviser and Beximco Group Chairman Salman F Rahman, his brother, and top officials of Janata Bank over allegations of laundering nearly Tk 2,000 crore through fraudulent import-export transactions linked to Letters of Credit (LCs).

The cases were approved at the ACC headquarters, confirmed ACC Director General Md Akhter Hossain.

He said the five approved cases accuse 34 individuals of embezzling and laundering a total of Tk 1,939.75 crore.

According to the ACC investigation report, the accused embezzled and siphoned off a huge amount of money from the local office of Janata Bank PLC. The mi...