A Dhaka court on Wednesday set April 19 as the date for police to submit their investigation report in a case Bangladesh Bank has filed over the recent million cyber heist from its account.
Court police SI Jalal Ahmed said Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court judge Mahbubur Rahman fixed the date on Wednesday.
Earlier on Tuesday Central bank Joint Director Jubair Bin Huda filed a case under the Money Laundering Prevention Act and the ICT Act, accuses hackers for the theft but names.
On Tuesday, the case was transferred to police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
On the same day the government day formed a committee headed by former governor Mohammed Farashuddin to investigate the theft.
The panel had been asked to submit an interim report within a month and the full report within 75 days.
Earlier, a cyber heist on Feb 4 led to outflow of more than $80 million from the central bank’s account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that was wire-transferred to bank accounts in the Philippines.
According to the sources, the heist is being described as one of the biggest bank theft in the world.
Central bank governor Atiur Rahman, facing harsh criticisms and intense pressure to resign for apparently covering up the incident, stepped down on Tuesday morning.
Source: Ittefaq
