FIA probes presence of Rs4 bln in 'dead man' accounts
FIA and JIT are probing the matter separately.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday traced banking transactions worth over Rs4 bln from fake accounts opened on the name of deceased identified as Mohammad Iqbal.
As per details garnered, Mohammad Iqbal had passed away on May 9, 2014. All fake bank accounts were opened in three branches of the same private bank.
Sources privy to development stated that both FIA and joint investigation team [constituted on the directives of Supreme Court (SC)] were separately probing the incident.
On the other hand, JIT questioned Korangi’s Sarwat and recorded her statement. Sarwat—on whose name fake bank account was opened—distanced herself while asserting that she was unaware of the account.
Apart from bank account, a fake company was also registered on Sarwat’s name whereas she was supposed to gave Rs11 mln in terms of tax.
