DHAKA, Dec 15, 2025 (BSS) - The ACC today submitted a charge sheet against four individuals for a massive revenue evasion case carried out under the guise of imported cosmetics through the Chattogram Custom House. 

The case was filed with the ACC Integrated District Office, Chattogram-1 in 2010.

Assistant Director of the Public Relations Department of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Md Tanzir Ahmed disclosed the information.

The charge-sheeted accused are former customs revenue officer Md. Shafiul Alam, proprietor of Gabi Trade International Mohammad Kasif Forkan, Managing Director of Sy & Co Limited Md Mostafa Kamal Chowdhury and retired appraiser of Chattogram Custom House Md Shawkat Anwar Chowdhury.

Another accused in the case, Mohammad Harun Shah, proprietor of the MR Corporation, has been excluded from the charge sheet as he has already died.

According to the ACC investigation, in 2010 cosmetics items imported through Messrs Gabi Trade International were cleared by concealing the actual (harmonized system (HS) codes of the goods and using codes with lower duty rates. In doing so, the importer, Clearing and Forwarding (C&F) agent and concerned customs officials in connivance with each other used forged invoices, packing lists and shipping documents.
Upon reassessment, duties and taxes on the imported goods were determined to be Tk 817,959,595. However, only Tk 86,840 was paid and the remaining Tk 809,275,755 was misappropriated as proven by the investigation.

The accused have been charge-sheeted under sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 109 of the Penal Code as well as Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.