KATHMANDU, April 5: The Department of Money Laundering Investigation (DoMLI) registered 95 complaints against individuals involved in money laundering in the first eight months of the current fiscal year.

The records with the DoMLI show that 17 of the total cases were received from the Financial Information Unit of Nepal Rastra Bank while the rest of 69 cases were collected from other agencies. The DoMLI said it has started an investigation over the accused.

During mid-July 2021 and mid-March 2022, the DoMLI filed two cases against Indian citizens accused of amassing Rs 9.5 million hard cash at the Special Court. Similarly, the Department filed cases against eight stakeholders of Nepal Engineering College on charge of embezzling Rs 80 million, the biggest scam that took place during the review period.

Established a decade ago, the DoMLI has registered 2,508 cases till date. Of them, only 62 cases were given verdicts while over 1,700 cases are under investigation.

 
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