Evaly Managing Director Mohammad Rassel and Chairperson Shamima Nasrin have been sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a fraud case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate M Mizbah Ur Rahman passed the verdict today.
The court also fined them Tk5,000 each. The case, filed by Md Rajib, accused the duo of embezzling Tk1,237,500 through fraudulent activities on the e-commerce platform Evaly.
The verdict stated that the accused breached public trust, marking the act as a serious offense. Plaintiff’s lawyer Abdul Hannan Hridoy said the ruling brings a sense of justice to the victims.
BDST: 1854 HRS, APR 2025
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