*ISLAMABAD: A Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) official conductinginvestigation in Rs35 billion fake accounts case was offered hefty bribe tostop pursuing money laundering investigation,* media has reported.
A grade-17 FIA officer was offered two 2000 square feet bungalows and ahigh-paying job to back off from pursuing the case honestly. The officerreportedly declined the offer.
The correspondent added that FIA’s investigation has so far revealed thatat least Rs44billion were laundered through fake accounts.
The investigation has been expedited to find out where all the moneydeposited in fake accounts was laundered.
Credible sources have revealed that Caretaker Interior Minister MohammadAzam Khan contacted Secretary Interior and expressed anger when Omni grouphead Anwar Majeed was arrested from the Supreme Court premises on August 15.
The minister, reportedly, was of the view that Majeed’s arrest was illegal.
FIA officials, however, replied that the arrest was legal as the Omni grouphead was named in the First Information Report (FIR) registered in the case.