Dhaka: A Dhaka court today set April 17 to submit a probe report in the case lodged over the Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016. The decision was made by Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman after the investigation agency, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), failed to submit the report today.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, hackers stole $101 million from BB’s accounts with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February 2016. Of the stolen amount, $81 million was transferred to four accounts at RCBC in the Philippines, while another $20 million was intended for a bank in Sri Lanka. However, the transfer to Sri Lanka failed due to a spelling error made by the hackers.
Following the cyber attack, Bangladesh Bank managed to retrieve approximately $15 million from the Philippines. The case was initially filed by then Bangladesh Bank Deputy Director (accounts and budgeting) Zobayer Bin Huda with Motijheel Police Station on March 15, 2016.