Fake accounts case: FIA arrests Aslam Masood from Islamabad airport

Dunya News

FIA arrested the mastermind of money-laundering and fake accounts case, Aslam Masood on Friday.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested the mastermind of the money-laundering and fake accounts case, Aslam Masood as soon as his flight from Jeddah landed at the Islamabad airport on Friday night, Dunya News reported.

Aslam Masood, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Omni Group, was arrested by the Interpol when he was boarding a flight from London to Jeddah in October. He was subsequently extradited to Pakistan from Saudi Arabia.

He was taken into custody by a four-member FIA in reaching Islamabad. Sources informed that Aslam Masood also worked as Accountant to former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari.

Aslam Masood will be presented before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) which is probing the fake bank accounts case. He was involved in money laundering scam involving over Rs 54 billion laundered through 107 fake bank accounts.