Staff Reporter:
A Dhaka court yesterday set October 19 for submitting the probe report in the case lodged over the 2016 reserve heist of Bangladesh Bank (BB).
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam fixed the new date as the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the investigating agency, failed to submit the report yesterday.
According to the case documents, unidentified hackers stole $101 million from BB’s account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on February 5, 2016.
Of the amount, $81 million was transferred to four accounts at Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation in the Philippines, while another $20 million was sent to a bank in Sri Lanka.
However, the transfer of $20 million to Sri Lanka failed due to a spelling error made by the hackers. Later, Bangladesh Bank managed to recover about $15 million from the Philippines.
Former Deputy Director (Accounts and Budgeting) of Bangladesh Bank Zobayer Bin Huda filed the case with Motijheel Police Station on March 15, 2016.
