Evaly owners Rassel, Shamima sued in Tk310cr embezzlement case

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a case under the Anti-Money Laundering Act against Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin, owners of Evaly.com Limited, for allegedly embezzling over Tk310.99 crore by failing to deliver products ordered online within the stipulated timeframe.

CID Special Police Superintendent (Media) Jasim Uddin Khan confirmed the development today (30 March).

According to the CID, Rassel, Shamima, and unidentified accomplices conspired to operate the e-commerce platform Evaly, accepting online orders from customers for product sales and delivery between 16 December 2018 and 31 December 2021.

Instead of delivering products as promised, they collected payments under false assurances.

Investigations also revealed that they purchased high-value goods from various merchants without making payments, effectively misappropriating the funds, the CID added.

The investigation mentioned that the embezzled funds were reportedly spent on luxury vehicles, property, foreign travel, and lavish personal expenses, while customers' orders were repeatedly delayed and ultimately never delivered, constituting clear fraud.

The CID stated that thousands of customers and merchants were defrauded through Evaly's operations.

The department continues a thorough investigation to trace the misappropriated funds and identify accomplices.

Following preliminary verification of the allegations, Kafrul police filed the case against Rassel and Shamima under the Anti-Money Laundering Act on 29 March.