On February 1, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a charge sheet in the court against 14 persons, including Dr. Yunus, accusing him of misappropriating Tk 252.2 million (Tk 25 crore 22 lakh) of Grameen Telecom employees' dividends.
Apart from Dr Yunus, the names of Grameen Telecom's managing director Mohammad Nazmul Islam, its director and former managing director Mohammad Ashraful Hasan, directors Parveen Mahmood, Nazneen Sultana, Mohammad Shahjahan, Noorjahan Begum and SM Hajjatul Islam Latifi, lawyers Yusuf Ali and Zafarul are included. Are. After the investigation, Hasan Sharif, Rural Telecom Workers Employees Union President Mohammad Kamruzzaman, General Secretary Firoz Mahmood Hasan, Labor Employees Union representative Mohammad Mainul Islam and Jatiya Workers Federation office secretary Mohammad Kamrul Hasan were included. The names of the remaining people were in the FIR.
ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar had filed the case as the lead plaintiff on May 30 last year. The investigation report said that the accused misappropriated 252.2 million taka (25 crore 22 lakh taka). The funds were transferred illegally which was an offense under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
ACC said that the decision to open the bank account was taken in the presence of Grameen Telecom board members including Grameen Telecom Chairman Dr Yunus and Managing Director Nazmul Islam on May 9, 2022. Accordingly, a bank account was opened in Gulshan branch of Dhaka Bank on 8 May.