ACC receives records of ex-land minister Saifuzzaman's US assets from FBI
The FBI has sent the ACC records of bank accounts, businesses and properties held in the US by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and his wife.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has received from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) the records of bank accounts, businesses, and properties held in the United States by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and his wife, Rukmila Zaman.
The documents were sent in response to a Mutual Legal Assistance Request (MLAR) made by Bangladesh seeking assistance from US authorities in seizing and forfeiting their alleged proceeds of crime located in the country, said ACC Public Relations Officer and Deputy Director Md Akhtarul Islam today (7 September).
According to a letter from the ACC's Money Laundering Wing-2, the US central authority, Office of International Affairs (OIA), received Bangladesh's MLAR concerning Saifuzzaman and Rukmila on 19 May 2025.
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According to the letter, the FBI sent a CD (compact disc) containing an FBI FD-302 report of investigation and property records in response to the request.
However, US authorities told the ACC that they would respond to the request for other records and information sought in the MLAR at a later stage.
The ACC documents also state that the relevant US authorities will respond separately regarding the seizure of assets owned by Saifuzzaman and his wife located in the US.
The ACC has sent the original copies of the records received from the US to the relevant authorities for necessary further action.
Meanwhile, ACC has recommended attaching the allegations against former principal secretary Ahmad Kaikaus to its ongoing inquiry into allegations of irregularities and corruption in the power purchase agreement with Adani Power.
According to the ACC, Kaikaus has been accused of accumulating illegal assets through various irregularities and corrupt practices.
On the same day, the commission also decided to conduct a separate inquiry into former Feni-1 lawmaker Alauddin Ahmed Chowdhury Nasim over allegations of abuse of power, land grabbing, trading in government appointments and party posts, embezzlement, money laundering and accumulation of assets beyond known sources of income.
