Times of Islamabad

NAB takes important decision over Fake Accounts Case against Asif Zardari and others

NAB takes important decision over Fake Accounts Case against Asif Zardari and others

ISLAMABAD – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has taken importantdecision over the fake bank accounts case against Asif Zardari and others.

NAB on Tuesday has decided not to completely rely on the report of JointInvestigation Team (JIT) regarding fake bank accounts case.

The bureau told that reference against the accused will be filed aftergetting complete evidence. However, first report in this regard will besubmitted in Supreme Court (SC) on Friday, it added.

NAB has also decided to complete the investigation in two months.——————————

Earlier on December 24, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), formed on theapex court’s orders to probe into the alleged money-laundering case,presented its 128-page final report to the court which includedrecommendations for filing 16 NAB references.

The report had mentioned that 29 fake accounts were identified by theFederal Investigation Agency (FIA) which laundered Rs42 billion, however,the team further discovered 11,500 bank accounts of 924 account holders, 59Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) and 24,500 Cash Transactions Reports(CTRs).

All of these details were scrutinized, besides the loan profile of 924individuals