A Dhaka judge pushed back the deadline for police to hand over their investigation report about the massive Bangladesh Bank robbery. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir Hossain moved the date to July 24 after investigators missed their original deadline. The Criminal Investigation Department failed to show up with their findings when they were supposed to. Court officials had expected the probe team to present their work but they came empty-handed instead.
Cyber thieves pulled off one of the biggest bank heists in history back in February 2016. The crooks used computer tricks to steal 101 million dollars from Bangladesh Bank accounts held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. They moved the money through something called a SWIFT code system that banks use to transfer cash around the world. The digital bandits tried to send 81 million dollars to four different accounts at RCBC bank in Manila. Another 20 million dollars was supposed to go to a bank in Sri Lanka but that transfer crashed because the hackers made a spelling mistake.
Bangladesh Bank managed to track down and recover about 15 million dollars from the Philippines after the theft. Deputy Director Zobayer Bin Huda filed the official criminal case at Motijheel Police Station on March 15 that same year. The stolen money disappeared into the shadows and most of it never came back home. This case has dragged on for years without anyone getting arrested or punished for the crime.
Cyber thieves pulled off one of the biggest bank heists in history back in February 2016. The crooks used computer tricks to steal 101 million dollars from Bangladesh Bank accounts held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. They moved the money through something called a SWIFT code system that banks use to transfer cash around the world. The digital bandits tried to send 81 million dollars to four different accounts at RCBC bank in Manila. Another 20 million dollars was supposed to go to a bank in Sri Lanka but that transfer crashed because the hackers made a spelling mistake.
Bangladesh Bank managed to track down and recover about 15 million dollars from the Philippines after the theft. Deputy Director Zobayer Bin Huda filed the official criminal case at Motijheel Police Station on March 15 that same year. The stolen money disappeared into the shadows and most of it never came back home. This case has dragged on for years without anyone getting arrested or punished for the crime.
