10 arrested including Dutch-Bangla sales manager in a case filed by Walton

Police have arrested 10 people, including a sales manager of Dutch-Bangla Bank, on charges of embezzling money through RTGS fund transfer system by forging signatures and information. The arrested persons are Dutch-Bangla Bank Sales Manager Zakir Hossain, Yasin Ali, Mahbub Ishtiaq Bhuiyan, Anisur Rahman Sohan, Dulal Hossain, Md. Aslam, Abdur Razzak, Zakir Hossain, Anwar Hossain Bhuiyan and Nazrul Islam. The first five of  the ring was arrested on Thursday at the Magpaie restaurant in Bhatara and five other were arrested from different areas of Dhaka, getting information provided by them. They were arrested while planning to transfer Tk. 12 crore to another company, said Gulshan Division Deputy Commissioner Md. Asaduzzaman. He said police had seized Dutch-Bangla Bank's Fund Transfer Form (EFT), check book and other documents from them. He told the media that the sales manager Zakir used to provide information of rich customers from the bank's servers. They were forging signatures and information and transferring Tk. 6.5 crore to another company through RTGS fund transfer system. According to the information given by Bhatara Police Station, Walton Group has an account with Bashundhara branch of Dutch-Bangla Bank. From that account, two electronic fund transfer forms were submitted to the Motijheel branch of AB Bank on the morning of January 25 for the transfer of Tk 6.5 crore to the account of a company called BD Limited. When the manager of Dutch-Bangla Bank found the matter suspicious, he informed Walton Group. Walton officials verified that the application had a fraudulent ring. They then suspended the money transfer application. A case was filed by Walton Group on Thursday with Bhatara Police Station of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Police then arrested 10 people. They are to be taken to court for remand.