LAHORE, Punjab: An NCCIA financial probe involving Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq is examining bank transactions alongside forensic data recovered from their mobile phones, sources said Friday.
PCB sources said that investigators are reviewing financial dealings before and after Pakistan’s ongoing Test series against England. Bank-account transactions during the relevant period are also under scrutiny.
Investigators will examine the origin and destination of funds if any transaction is considered suspicious, the sources said. Investigators are also reviewing payments involving companies, individuals or organisations.
Messages, contacts and other information recovered from the players’ phones are undergoing forensic and technical analysis and are being compared with the financial inquiry, the report said.
Rizwan and Imam appeared at the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency’s Johar Town office in Lahore at about 3 p.m. on Thursday, September 10, where they were questioned for around two hours. They later sought additional time to provide further responses.
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The questioning also covered alleged leaks of dressing-room information during the England series and the players’ reported contacts and meetings around practice sessions and matches, sources said.
The NCCIA has not publicly confirmed any allegation of unlawful financial activity against Rizwan or Imam, and has not announced any finding of wrongdoing.
The Pakistan Cricket Board officially released both players, along with five other cricketers, from the Test squad after the Lord’s Test on August 31.
