BFIU seeks bank account details of Shomi Kaiser
If the information is not submitted within the stipulated time, the branch will be considered as having no account
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has asked banks to send the account details of Shomi Kaiser, former president of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB).
All information must be sent by Sunday (12 January), the anti-money laundering agency wrote in a letter sent to the banks today (9 January).
Banks have also been asked to send any information related to imports and exports by Shomi.
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The letter said all types of accounts operated in the name of Shomi Kaiser in the banks, including account statements, account information, account opening forms, KYC profile forms, locker accounts, and other related documents must be sent to the BFIU by 12 January.
The letter further states that if the information is not submitted within the stipulated time, the branch will be considered as having no account. In this case, if any discrepancy is observed later, the branch will have to take responsibility for it.
Earlier in November 2023, Shomi Kaiser was arrested from a residence in Uttara under cases filed after the fall of the Awami League government on 5 August.
Shomi, daughter of martyred intellectual Shahidullah Kaiser and former lawmaker Panna Kaiser, was a popular actress in the 1990s.
