DHAKA, March 9, 2026 (BSS) - A court here today ordered the freezing of 445 bank accounts belonging to 61 individuals over alleged involvement in online 
gaming, gambling and laundering money abroad.
 
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order, accepting a plea filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

 The plea said former City Bank PLC official Sheikh Md Wajih Uddin allegedly deposited around Taka 51 lakh in cash into five bank accounts after being 
defrauded online.
 
According to the plea, 61 individuals, including SM Junaidul Haque, Omar Hitlu and Mehedi Hasan Talukdar, along with entities linked to their 
interests, conducted transactions through 595 bank accounts maintained with 
different scheduled banks, where approximately Taka 1,212 crore was deposited and about Taka 1,207 crore withdrawn.
 
After reviewing the transactions, the investigators found indications that the accounts were linked to fraud, online gaming, hundi operations, 
laundering of local and foreign currencies, cryptocurrency trading and customs duty evasion.
 
Therefore, the plea said, freezing the funds in the mentioned accounts is urgently necessary.