, Sept. 8 -- Dhaka, Sept 8 (UNB) - The Financial Crime Unit of CID filed a money laundering case on Sunday against a man accused of defrauding people and extorting large sums of money using the name of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.

The case was filed at Pallabi Police Station under section 4(2)(4) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 (case number: 19).

Investigation revealed that Motalles Hossain posed as Khaleda Zia's liaison officer and collected crores of takas from various individuals and businessmen over a long period.

Evidence shows nearly Tk 20 crore in transactions through his bank accounts.

CID found that his company, ML Trading, was essentially non-existent.

Although it had a trade lic...