Investigations into the visa trading, human trafficking, money laundering scheme by a trio of Bangladeshis, including one who is a member of parliament in Dacca, have revealed more details about the suspects and their operations.
Among the ‘gifts’ allegedly given by the fugitive Bangladeshi MP to senior government officials in Kuwait are five luxury cars that then ‘facilitated’ the awarding of several public contracts to him. This enabled the MP to bring into the country a large number of Bangladeshi workers, each of whom paid on average KD2,000 for their visas.
The wife of the Bangladeshi MP, who is also a member of parliament in Bangladesh, is suspected of facilitating the transfer of most of his ill-gotten wealth to the United States where the couple are said to have entered into a business partnership with a US citizen.
The MP, who began his working life in Kuwait as a supervisor of cleaning workers in a large cleaning company, soon went on to become a partner in the company. Later, he is believed to have participated in several labor supply tenders for projects and deliberately submitted low bids to win the contract and then charged the laborers money for their visas.
Another among the trio wanted by the police, who went by the name of Sultan, is said to still be in contact with major company officials in Kuwait and is continuing to supply manpower to them from abroad. He is reported to receive huge sums of money for these deals through intermediaries, which he then deposits in various bank accounts outside Kuwait.
Some of the laborers who paid money for their visas and then paid again to have their residence permit transferred to other companies, allegedly made video and audio recordings of these transactions that they have now provided to the authorities as evidence.
Security personnel are said to be continuing their investigations to learn more about the third defendant, identified only as Tariq, to ascertain his role in the scam. Company officials implicated in the visa trade are also being summoned by the Criminal Investigation Department for further interrogation.
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