Banks ordered to freeze accounts of ex-FinMin Mustafa Kamal, family
BFIU, the government agency responsible for investigating money laundering, suspicious transactions, and cash transaction reports, issued the order to freeze the accounts for the next 30 days from today (22 August)
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. Photo Collected
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has asked banks to freeze the accounts of former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, 77, and his wife Kashmiri Kamal, 71, and their daughters Kashfi Kamal, 48, and Nafisa Kamal, 44.
BFIU, the government agency responsible for investigating money laundering, suspicious transactions, and cash transaction reports, issued the order to freeze the accounts for the next 30 days from today (22 August).
The order also asked financial institutions to block any locker facilities provided to the mentioned individuals.
The order has been issued under Section 23 (1) (C) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.
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