Embezzlement: NAB files Rs52m reference against two

PESHAWAR: National Accountability Bureau Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has filed a Rs52.06 million reference against Bank Al Baraka Ltd’s Hayatabad Branch chief cashier Muhammad Irfan and junior cashier Qazi Wajidullah Khan. The two have been accused of embezzlement in Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited utility bills. According to a department official, a complaint was received by NAB regarding the alleged misappropriation. An enquiry was launched wherein it was revealed that the accused used to pocket utility bill money deposited at their branch. They manipulated bank records and forwarded fake scrolls to the gas company. The money was embezzled between November 2009 and April 2014.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 11^th, 2015.