Archive · 13 Jun 2025

bKash, BRAC, and Bank Officials Face Money Laundering Charges

bKash, BRAC, and Bank Officials Face Money Laundering Charges

Imagine some important people in Bangladesh were secretly moving billions of dollars out of the country illegally.

The head of a mobile money company called bKash, the leader of a big charity called BRAC, and the head of the central bank are accused of being involved.

They're accused of using bKash to move the money, hiding it through BRAC's charity work, and the bank chief supposedly protected them.

This could hurt Bangladesh's economy, and now other countries and groups are looking into it, too.

This could damage people's trust in the country’s financial system and make it harder for the country to do business with others.

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