Destiny Group

Destiny group
DSE
Public limited company
Industry Multilevel marketing
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Key people
 Lt General (retd) M Harun-Ar-Rashid (Chairman)
Rafiqul Amin (Managing Director)[1]
Website www.destiny-2000.com

Destiny group was a Bangladeshi Multilevel marketing company that operated as a ponzi scheme.

History

Destiny started out as a Multilevel marketing company. It grew to own a newspaper and television channel. It advertisted heavily and was one of the major sponsers of Bangladesh's 40th independence celebration. It sold 50 million trees in its plantation business that did not exist, with investors being shown pictures of trees in Sundarban forest.[2] The trees were sold to 1.7 million investors but according to anti corruption commission only 5.3 percent of those trees exist.[3] In 2014, Destiny distibutors where trying to get a new license for their multilevel marketing activities.[4]

Investigations

Reports of irregularties in the company prompted the Anti Corruption Commission and other government agencies to launch investigations of the company.[5] The ACC investigation has found 722 bank accounts in a number of banks under the name of 37 companies of Destiny Group. Bangladesh Bank has reported that Destiny Group had laundered around 51.13 billion taka from 2002 to 2006 through the accounts of its three sister concerns-Destiny 2000 Limited, Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited, and Destiny Tree Plantation Limited.[6] In May 2014, ACC filed money laundering cases against 51 executives of the company.[7] The ACC has impounded 6.31 billion taka worth of assets of the company.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "ACC seeks Destiny Group director’s wealth statement". en.prothom-alo.com. Prothom Alo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Badrul Ahsan, Mohammad. "The land of Destiny". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "17.5 lakh investors cheated by Destiny Tree Plantation". dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Destiny distributors seek licence". dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bangladesh's ex-army chief Harunur Rashid surrenders over graft cases". articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com. PTI. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Shah Jahan, Md. "Evidences of more corruption against Destiny Group found". old.thefinancialexpress-bd.com. The Financial Express. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Foyez, Ahammad; Islam, Robiul. "ACC submits charge sheets against 51 Destiny bosses". newagebd.net. New Age. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "ACC presses charges against Destiny chief, MD". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
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