Dhamaka siphoned out 1.16 billion
According to the commerce ministry, Dhamaka Shopping is a company of the Invariant Group. Its Managing Director Jasim Uddin Chishti said that his company has been accused of money laundering of 1.16 billion taka.
Other accused in the case are Invariant Telecom Bangladesh Managing Director Jasim Uddin Chishti’s wife, Sayeeda Roksana Khanum, three sons – Tashfir Redoan Chishti, Nazimuddin Asif and Mashfiq Redoan Chishti as well as director Safwan Ahmed. In addition, an additional 1 billion taka is owed to customers and merchants.
However, after June 30, 2021, customers were supposed to get a refund of Tk 12.6 million from the company, but they got only Tk 8.9 million.
dalal plus non cooperation
Abu Zubair Hussain alias Rabbi, one of the owners of Dalal Plus, told the commerce ministry that Dalal Plus started business a year after the onset of Covid in the country. After June 30, 2021, the company owes customers Taka 330 million. Of this, Tk 70 million was stuck with Payment Gateway SSL and Tk 260 million with Surajmukhi Limited. Around 180 million have been refunded to customers and 150 million are pending.
According to the Ministry of Commerce, a list of 4,380 customers has been provided to Dalal Plus by payment gateway Suryamukhi Limited. But the company has returned the money to 2420 people. Balance amount will not be refunded due to non-cooperation of Dalal Plus.