The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Sunday issued a caution to investors against conducting transactions through Moshihor Securities Limited, following the suspension of the brokerage’s trading and Depository Participant (DP) activities.

In a statement, the DSE advised existing clients of the brokerage to transfer their shares to other trading companies.

Customers can apply to move their shares held in BO accounts to another TREC-holder company by completing the prescribed form for opening a linked BO account,” the bourse said.

Investors who are owed funds or shares from Moshihor Securities have been asked to download and complete the complaint form from DSE official website and submit it, along with relevant documents such as portfolios, with their signature to the DSE by October 30.

Earlier, Moshihor Securities reportedly misappropriated Tk 161 crore from investors, including Tk 68.58 crore from clients’ Consolidated Customer Accounts (CCA) and Tk 92.35 crore through share sales, marking the largest fraud by a single brokerage in the country’s capital market history.

According to the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL), Moshihor Securities maintained nearly 200,000 BO accounts, of which around 44,000 were active, making it one of the largest brokerage houses by client accounts in the country.