KARACHI – New developments have been reported in the money laundering scaminvolving hundreds of fake bank accounts.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has reportedly placed the names ofover 150 suspects allegedly possessing fake bank accounts to a stop list toprevent them from leaving the country.
The federal agency is currently probing a money laundering case worthbillions of rupees through fake bank accounts. In the regard, the FIA hasadded the names of over 150 suspects who reportedly possess such accountsto ‘stop list’ which prevent them from travelling abroad.
The FIA has alerted airports across the country to remain vigilant andinstructed to keep a close watch on suspects who attempt to flee thecountry. The number of fake bank accounts had reach seventy.
On September 6, the Supreme Court of Pakistan constituted a six-memberjoint investigation team to investigate the fake bank accounts case whichhas set up his head office in Karachi.
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Former president Asif Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur and among over adozen suspects declared absconders in the money-laundering scam. The FIAhas also taken Omni group owner Anwar Majeed and his son into custody overinvestigations in the case.
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