Destiny MD jailed for 12 years, chairman Harun 4 years

A Dhaka court has sentenced Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin to 12 years imprisonment in two cases filed for embezzling money from the customers of Destiny Multipurpose Co-operative Society and money laundering.

Destiny Group Chairman Harun-Ur-Rashid was also given 4-years imprisonment.

Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam of Dhaka 4th Special Judge Court passed the order on Thursday.  

The court also sentenced 44 other people to different jail terms in the cases. 

Of the convicts, 39 are on the run. 

On July 31, 2012, the then Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Md Mozahar Ali Sarder and its Assistant Director Md Toufiqul Islam filed two separate cases under money laundering prevention act with capital’s Kalabagan Police Station.

On May 4, 2014, Md Mozahar filed charge-sheets in the two cases for embezzling Taka 4,119.24 crore. In one case, 46 people were accused of misappropriating Taka 1,861 crore under the cover of Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Project, while 19 people were accused of embezzling more than Taka 2,257 crore through Destiny Tree Plantation (DTPL). 

The court on August 24, 2016 framed charges in the two cases.