The Afghan police forces arrested at least five individuals over unpaid Kabul Bank debt, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Tuesday.

The detained individuals were identified as Atiqullah, President of Sediqyar company, Mohibullah vice-president of Sediqyar company, Abdul Majid, President of Sayer Massoud Limited and current employee of New Kabul Bank, Haji Mahmood, shopkeeper in the 2nd police district of Kabul city and Mohibullah who is believed to be jobless.

The ministry said the detained individuals were introduced to Attorney General of the Office of Oversight and Anti-Corruption.

No further details were given regarding the amount of loans each individual had taken from the bank.

Kabul Bank was seized by the government in 2010 after the exposure of a staggering $900 million fraud, which led the International Monetary Fund to temporarily halt its hundreds of millions of dollars of loans to the country.

Kabul Bank was one of Afghanistan’s largest private financial institutions founded in 2004 by Sherkhan Farnood, who was an international prominent poker player. Khalilullah Fruzi, the former chief executive of the bank, was another key staff.

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ordered to reopen the scandal case of Kabul Bank shortly after taking office as the new President of country.

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