Dhaka: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has dug out information of another five billion US dollars after they started inquiry about Moosa bin Shamsher’s ‘seven billion dollars’ kept in a Swiss bank.

Recently, much-talked-about business tycoon Moosa, during ACC quiz, admitted his ownership of another five billion dollars kept in his personal account of a Swiss bank.

Moosa told ACC that there is around US $12 billion, equivalent to over Bangladeshi Tk 93,000-crore, instead of seven billion dollars in his personal account with Swiss bank.

ACC has been trying to contact Swiss bank authorities to know the actual amount of money deposited there and also to know the source of this huge money.

However, Moosa informed ACC that he earned the whole sum of money through legal ways and the money was not sent from Bangladesh.

The ACC source concerned told banglanews that earlier ACC knew that Moosa owned US $7 billion but knowing the new amount, ACC naturally wanted to know the details of the money.

In reply, Moosa informed ACC that at the instructions of the defense and finance ministries of several countries the money was deposited to his account with the Swiss bank.

Moosa also said that he has been carrying on legal battles to get the money back.

He is known in the world media as ‘Prince Moosa’ due to leading a luxurious life. The international news media know him as an arms trader. According to the Forbes magazine, he has been branded as one of the leading ten arms traders of 2014.

Recently an ACC investigation team went to his manpower export office ‘DATCO’ in Banani and also to his residence in Gulshan. Moosa was present at that time.

ACC deputy director Mir M Zainul Abedin Shibli started enquiring into the money of Moosa in November of 2014 knowing about it from various sources.

However, he declined to talk about the matter as it was under investigation.

When contacted, Mahbub Morshed, manager of DATCO, told banglanews to send an email to Moosa to know about the matter.

Banglanews learned that Moosa told ACC that he has been trading arms for the last 42 years and earned from the profession legally.

The money in Swiss bank was deposited through the central banks as incoming remittance from defense purchases from the countries including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Egypt, Syria and Pakistan as claimed by Moosa.

He also claimed that he has only one account with Swiss bank and no money was transferred from Bangladesh.

12 hundred bighas of land in Savar!

During ACC interrogation, Moosa said that though he purchased a large area of land in Gazipur district with clean documents, the mutation of the land has yet to be done.

In 1997, Moosa came to the limelight when he announced to donate five million US dollars to British Labor Party candidate Tony Blair’s election campaign.

In November of 2014, Moosa appeared in the ACC office with 40 security people including four female security personnel.

After interrogation, Moosa informed the waiting media persons that if he could get back the money withheld in Swiss bank he would spend it for the construction of Padma Bridge and other humanitarian activities.

Born on October 15 of 1950 in Faridpur, Moosa started his business career through his manpower export company ‘DATCO’.

According to DATCO sources, Moosa is now fully involved in his manpower business and passing his time either at his office or at his residence ‘The Palace’ on Road no. 84 of Gulshan in city.

BDST: 2117 HRS, APR 01, 2015