State-run Sonali Bank yesterday filed another case against Hall-Mark Group on charges of taking more than Tk 450.84 crore in loans on fake documents.
Abdus Salam, executive officer of the bank's Ruposhi Bangla Hotel branch, filed the case with the Money Loan Court-1 in Dhaka.
Hall-Mark Chairperson Jasmine Islam, Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud and Hall-Mark Fashions Limited, a concern of the group, were made accused in the case.
After hearing, Judge Md Robiuzzaman directed the defendants to explain why steps would not be taken against them by June 29.
In March and April, the bank filed 13 other cases against Jasmine, Tanvir and 11 of their companies with the same court for taking Tk 387.43 crore in loan on forged documents.
Sonali Bank started filing the cases after it failed to get buyers for the mortgaged assets of Hall-Mark. The bank auctioned some assets, including lands, last month, but got no buyer.
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed 11 cases against 27 persons of Hall-Mark and its lender Sonali Bank in October 2012 and pressed charges against 25 of them in October last year on money laundering allegation.
Seven accused, including Tanvir, are now in jail while Jasmine is on bail and 17 others are absconding.
Hall-Mark alone took away Tk 2,686 crore from the branch on forged documents between 2010 and 2012. The scam shook the country when it came to light in May 2012.