DHAKA: A Dhaka court has sentenced Destiny group managing director (MD) Rafiqul Amin to three years imprisonment in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for not submitting his wealth statement.

Dhaka Special Judge Court-8 Judge Shamim Ahmed passed the order on Tuesday (Jan 28).

The court also fined him Tk 50,000, in default of which he will have to serve three months more in jail.  

On July 31, 2012, the ACC filed two money-laundering cases against Destiny-2000 chairman M Hossain and group managing director Rafiqul Amin and 20 others on charge of misappropriating investors’ money amounting to Tk 3,285 crore.

ACC found information that Rafiqul Amin piled illegal wealth of Tk 18,02,29,323. Later, the watchdog sent notice to him to submit the wealth statement on June 16, 2016.

BDST: 1357 HRS, JAN 28, 2020
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