*LONDON – Pakistani arrested by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) hasbeen identified as* Farhan Junejo.
Farhan Junejo was wanted in money laundering case related to the TradeDevelopment Authority of Pakistan (TDAP).
He was also said to be the front man of then federal commerce ministerMakhdoom Amin Faheem (late).
According to the NCA, “Officers from the NCA’s International CorruptionUnit have arrested a former ‘Pakistani Politically Exposed Person’, aged inhis 40s, and his wife, aged in her 30s, in connection with alleged moneylaundering in the United Kingdom believed to be the result of corruption inPakistan.”
Junejo, director to the former minister for industries and trade MakhdomAmir Faheem, had allegedly transferred Rs250 million of corruption moneythrough hawala and hundi, which are illegal methods of transferring money.
Farhan Junejo was a grade-18 government officer and he was appointed ondeputation in the federal ministry of industries and trade, where he workedas director to the minister from 2009 to 2012.
In 2013, FIA said that Farhan transferred Rs250 million to his bank accountin Dubai. The money was later transferred to his mother’s account inSwitzerland, two of his wife’s accounts plus his sister and his jointaccount in UK, and his brother’s account in USA.
The NCA says the probe was supported by Pakistan’s National AccountabilityBureau and the Federal Investigation Agency. “The couple, who were arrestedin Surrey, owns a UK property portfolio worth more than £8m for which theyappear to have no legitimate source of income.”