Court Correspondent :
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday deferred the date for submission of the investigation report in case filed in connection with the alleged theft of Bangladesh Bank reserves to January 16, 2018.
Magistrate AKM Main Uddin Siddiqui of the of the CMM Court fixed the new date as the report was not submitted yesterday. Earlier, on October 11, the same court fixed November 29 for submission of the investigation report.
The incident came to light when Philippine’s ‘Daily Inquirer’ ran a report on February 29 that the country was probing a money laundering incident involving cross-border electronic fund transfer. It said that US$ 101 million was wire-transferred on February 4 from the Bangladesh Bank’s US account to accounts in local banks. However, another report says that on February 5, cyber culprits removed eight crore 10 lakh US dollar from the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States.
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday deferred the date for submission of the investigation report in case filed in connection with the alleged theft of Bangladesh Bank reserves to January 16, 2018.
Magistrate AKM Main Uddin Siddiqui of the of the CMM Court fixed the new date as the report was not submitted yesterday. Earlier, on October 11, the same court fixed November 29 for submission of the investigation report.
The incident came to light when Philippine’s ‘Daily Inquirer’ ran a report on February 29 that the country was probing a money laundering incident involving cross-border electronic fund transfer. It said that US$ 101 million was wire-transferred on February 4 from the Bangladesh Bank’s US account to accounts in local banks. However, another report says that on February 5, cyber culprits removed eight crore 10 lakh US dollar from the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States.
