The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has ordered the seizure of all bank accounts belonging to the former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Tapas, his wife and son.
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), the financial intelligence agency of Bangladesh Bank, has sent instructions to the country's banks and financial institutions to seize the accounts.
A senior official of BFIU confirmed this information to Dhaka Post on Monday (October 7). Accounts of the person whose account is frozen and their sole proprietorship will remain suspended. For the next 30 days, you will not be able to make any kind of transaction. If necessary, this period of suspending the transaction will be extended.
BFIU's letter said that relevant provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Rules will apply to this order to suspend transactions. In the letter, the name of Fazle Noor Tapas, National Identity Card information is given.
The BFIU directive further states that the account related information or documents such as account opening form, KYC and transaction details of the accounts which have been suspended should be sent to the BFIU within 2 working days from the date of issue of the letter.