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Afghan Bank Thief: Shokofa Salehi Allegedly Disappears With $1.1 Million In Kabul getdiscountz.blogspot.com

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Shokofa Salehi, 22, allegedly siphoned $1.1 million from Azizi Bank over the course of three years and, two months ago, vanished. Officials believe Salehi transferred the money to relatives and up to nine people may have been involved in the robbery scheme.




The Associated Press reported on the international manhunt for Salehi and other suspects which include the woman’s parents. Salehi worked at the Azizi Bank’s headquarters in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, in the money transfer department for three years. Azizi Bank was founded in 2006 and has 74 branches located throughout Afghanistan, including 32 in Kabul. The bank on its website describes its practice of employing women, with 20 percent of the bank’s more than 1,500 employees being female.


Azizi chief executive Inayatullah Fazli described the bank heist as being incredibly organized, likening Salehi and her suspected accomplices to the mafia.


Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for the 22-year-old suspected of fraud and misuse of authority. According to AP, Salehi used forged documents to flee Afghanistan and into India with her parents although officials do not know her current whereabouts but believe her parents are currently in Kabul.


Two suspects have been detained by officials in Dubai, reports AP. According to senior Afghan police official Gen. Aminullah Amarkhail, one of the suspects in custody invested in several business opportunities in Dubai, spending $850,000 of the $1.1 million Salehi allegedly stole from Azizi Bank.


While $1.1 million may seem like a lot, AP reports Afghan banks have been the subject of much more brazen thefts. In 2010, Kabul Bank was seized after investigators discovered a scheme set up by several bank executives that funneled more than $861 million in fake loans. Two executives, the bank’s chairman Sherkhan Farnood and its chief executive Khalilullah Frozi, were arrested and sentenced to five years in jail for the crime.



Afghan Bank Thief: Shokofa Salehi Allegedly Disappears With $1.1 Million In Kabul

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