[8] The chairman of Ekushey, Abdus Salam, was subsequently arrested in a case filed under the Pornography Act of 2012, as the network allegedly aired a false report on a girl in one of their programs, Ekusher Chokh.

[13] The takeover of Islami Bank started in 2013 and was supported by the Awami League government as it was linked with the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

[17] According to Ahsan H Mansur, director of Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh, the group has taken 800 billion taka loans from various banks through its subsidiaries.

[19] In October 2018, S. Alam group purchased 45 per cent of the shares of Padma Islami Life Insurance Company.

[24] Bangladesh High Court ordered S. Alam Group to pay 500 thousand taka to each of those workers killed in the police action.

[30] In December 2022, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called for an investigation into S. Alam Group according to The Daily Star.

Despite opening the LCs to import items such as boiler structures, generators, and transformers, no equipment ever entered Bangladesh.

However, the funds were still transferred out of the country, with Bangladesh Bank approving payments to SS Power's Chinese partner, SEPCO, based on fake invoices and fabricated documents.

This scandal highlights serious gaps in the financial oversight mechanisms of Bangladesh, with both customs and banking authorities failing to prevent the capital flight.