BB reserve heist: Court defers probe report submission date for 39th time

A Dhaka court has deferred for the 39th time the submission date of the probe report in the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist case.

Metropolitan magistrate Mohammad Jasimuddin set January 26 as the fresh date for the submission of the report as investigators failed to file it yet again on Tuesday, according to local media reports.

Hackers stole US$101 million from BB’s accounts with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February 2016.

Of the amount, $81 million was transferred to four accounts with Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) in Manila and another $20 million to a bank in Sri Lanka.

But the transfer of $20 million to Sri Lanka was failed because of a spelling error by the hackers.

Later, the BB was able to retrieve about $15 million from the Philippines, reports BSS.

Bangladesh Bank deputy director (accounts and budgeting) Zobayer Bin Huda filed the case with Motijheel Police Station on March 15, 2016.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been tasked with investigating the case.