DHAKA, Sept 29, 2025 (BSS) -The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a money laundering case against Unique Eastern (Pvt.) Limited owner Noor Ali and 13 others.

The case was filed under Section 4(2)/4(4) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act-2012 with Gulshan Police Station on Sunday, said a CID press release.

According to the case details, the accused in connivance with each other, defrauded Tk around 41 crore from many people.

The CID has received primary evidence of defrauding Tk 40.71 crore against Unique Eastern (Pvt.) Limited owner Noor Ali, one of the members of the syndicate for exporting manpower to Malaysia. 

During the investigation, the CID found that Noor Ali, the owner of Unique Eastern (Pvt.) Limited, and his manpower export company Unique Eastern (Pvt.) Limited, along with other accused, collected additional money from each worker sent, in addition to the government-determined fee.

During the investigation, it was also found that the accused sent a total of 3,787 workers to Malaysia in the past two years from 2022 to 2024. 

Although the government fee was fixed at Tk 78,990, Noor Ali and other accused concerned collected TK 1.50 lakh from every person.

Information was obtained from each of the victims about the collection of these additional expenses in the name of passport expenses, Covid-19 tests, medical fees and clothing-related fees.

Preliminary information was obtained that 14 members of the organized gang conspired to defraud each other and embezzled a total of TK 40.71 crore. 

It is clearly a money laundering offence as per the Money Laundering Prevention 2012.

Currently, the investigation of the case is being conducted by the Financial Crimes Division of the CID.