The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against Sajib Ahmed Wazed Joy, son of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her former Information and Communication Technology Affairs Adviser, over allegations of amassing Tk 60.14 crore in illegal assets.
The case was announced at a press conference on Thursday (14 August) at the ACC headquarters by its Director General Akhter Hossain.
According to the case statement, investigators found movable assets in Joy’s name worth Tk 6.78 crore, including fixed deposits, furniture, and cash in hand or bank accounts. In addition, immovable assets worth Tk 54.39 crore were identified, bringing the total value of his movable and immovable properties to Tk 61.18 crore. Of this, Tk 28.76 lakh was spent, while his legal income was assessed at Tk 1.32 crore.
Akhter Hossain stated, “While serving as the ICT Affairs Adviser to the former Prime Minister, he abused his position as a public servant to unlawfully acquire assets worth Tk 60.14 crore inconsistent with his known sources of income. A case has been filed under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act.”
The ACC alleges that Joy laundered funds through hundi and other channels to purchase two houses in the United States for Tk 54.04 crore, without declaring the money in Bangladesh’s income tax records. In addition, transactions totaling Tk 3.46 crore were detected in two of his bank accounts. The investigation recorded suspicious transactions amounting to Tk 57.50 crore in total.
Consequently, a separate case has been lodged against him under the Money Laundering Prevention Act.
