Mr. Rahman's trial on corruption charges commenced on January 4, 2011 in Bangladesh. He is being tried in absentia. In January 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil asset forfeiture complaint against assets held in three Singapore bank accounts that it had alleged were bribery proceeds in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. On April 7, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a Default Judgment and Judgment of Forfeiture against the following: (1) all assets held in the name of ZASZ Trading and Consulting Pte Ltd., account number 352-015-540-4 (formerly 1093101397) held at the United Overseas Bank, Singapore and any properties traceable thereto; (2) up to and including $762,000 plus interest of the assets held in the name of Zulfikar Ali, account number 0174053746 at Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore and any property traceable thereto; and (3) up to and including $226,249 plus interest of the assets held in the name of Fazel Selim, account number 0174001770 at Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore and any property traceable thereto. According to the U.S. Government's Amended Complaint for Forfeiture in Rem filed on August 21, 2009, it was alleged that the accounts were associated with Mr. Rahman, traceable to bribe proceeds from several companies, including Siemens Bangladesh Limited and China Harbor Engineering Company ("China Harbor") and that as Prime Minister's son, he was in most cases paid "protection money" to ensure that he did not use his influence to obstruct the award process. In a separate U.S. case, Siemens had admitted that from 2001 to 2006, the company facilitated its bribery scheme by engaging local "business consultants" whose sole function was to launder bribe money and pay various Bangladeshi officials and family members bribes in exchange for favorable treatment regarding the Bangladesh Telephone Telegraph Board ("BTTB") Project. In 2003, China Harbor Engineering Company was bidding on a tender to build the largest new mooring container terminal in Bangladesh. An investigation revealed that payments were made to Mr. Rahman to influence the bidding process and to ensure that he would not obstruct the award of the project to China Harbor. তথ্যসূত্র