Staff Reporter :
A team of experts from International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) on Wednesday started investigation into the $101 million stolen funds from the Bangladesh Bank reserve account maintained with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The Interpol team arrived in Dhaka from their regional headquarters in Singapore Tuesday night.
Officials said, the six-member team led by Brad Marden began analyzing digital evidences of the heist that earlier grabbed by the Bangladesh’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
CID is probing the digital heist case filed with Motijheel police station on March 15.
Bangladesh Bank’s account and budgeting department joint director Jubayer Bin Huda filed the case.
The six-member forensic expert team from Interpol arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday night and met with the CID probe team on Wednesday morning, Abdullah Al-Baqi, Special Police Super of CID, told The New Nation on Wednesday.
He said, they came here to assist the CID team that probing the BB’s cyber heist. It would review our investigation process and progress and would talk to the local forensic experts.
The team led by Brad Marden will work with the CID until May 6, he added.
Apart from assisting the BB heist probe, they will also talk to the Bangladesh police department on other issues related to mutual cooperation.
When asked, Abdullah Al-Baqi, they came here as we sought their assistance to reach a conclusion in our ongoing investigation into the digital heist case.
Since the crime came to light, CID, Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit and Interpol have been working jointly to track down the final destination of BB’s $81million stolen fund and trace the culprits behind the scam.
“We have been in continuous correspondence with Interpol to track the destination of the money and masterminds behind the cyber theft,” said Abdullah Al-Baqi.
CID teams recently visited to the Philippines and Sri Lanka to collect information about the heist and trace the culprits behind the scam.
After their visit to these countries, the CID investigators claimed that they have identified at least 20 foreign nationals who were involved in the $101 million cyber heist from Bangladesh Bank’s account with Federal Reserve Bank.
