Former CMA auditor arrested

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RAWALPINDI: A former auditor of the Controller Military Accounts (CMA), who received money from the public treasury through two bank accounts by posing his wife as an army officer, was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). A senior FIA official, in a press release, said Syed Maqsood Hussain Shah withdrew Rs22 million on fake bills.

He said that a complaint was lodged with the FIA Anti-Corruption Circle Islamabad against the accused by the Controller Military Accounts, Rawalpindi.

Published in Dawn, October 21st, 2021

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