The customs authorities in Chittagong foiled a money laundering bid by a buying house after the Chittagong Custom House seized a consignment of Dhaka-based RM Sourcing Bangladesh on charges of laundering Taka 1.6 crore by exporting 22 times more goods than declared.
Media reports maintained this adding the customs authorities physically examined the consignment at the KDS Inland Container Depot and found 137,116 pieces of T-shirts in the consignment, which is 22 times or 131,030 pieces more than declared even as customs authorities suspect RM Sourcing Bangladesh has tried to launder US $ 161,166 (Taka 1.6 crore) in the process and they (customs officials) said the money would not have come to the country if the consignment had been shipped.
A money laundering case will be filed against the company soon, reportedly, maintained the Deputy Commissioner of Custom House, Chittagong, Md. Sharfuddin Miah while adding customs authorities were collecting the detailed list of the goods.