Hall-Mark boss charged with not giving wealth report

The Anti-Corruption Commission has pressed charges against Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in a case filed for not submitting her wealth statement.
ACC Deputy Director Monjur Morshed, also the investigation officer of the case, yesterday submitted the charge to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka, showing 11 people as prosecution witnesses.
On Sunday, the commission approved of submitting the charge sheet against Jasmine, now on bail, in the case.  
Joynal Abedin, deputy assistant director of the anti-graft body, on December 12 last year lodged the lawsuit with the capital's Ramna Model Police Station.
In the case statement, he said the commission on November 13 that year served a notice on Jasmine, asking her to submit her wealth statement to the ACC within seven working days.
The deadline for submitting the statement was extended to December 4 on her appeal on November 24. But the Hall-Mark boss did not comply with the deadline.
Jasmine, wife of Hall-Mark Group Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud, is chargesheeted in all 11 cases lodged by the anti-graft watchdog in October 2012 on charges of misappropriating over Tk 1,568 crore of depositors' money.
The sum, which was funded loan meaning given in cash, is a part of the more than Tk 2,600 crore credit that the controversial group in collaboration with some dishonest Sonali Bank officials swindled out of the bank by using forged documents, according to the ACC investigation.