Court Correspondent :
The investigator of the central bank’s reserves heist failed to submit charges for the 13th time yesterday.
Magistrate AKM Mainuddin Siddiqi of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Tuesday fixed May 21 as the next deadline for submission of the report.
The Criminal Investigation Department’s Additional Superintendent Raihan Uddin Khan could not submit the charge sheet of the case, said Recording Officer Jalaluddin, a Sub-Inspector (SI) of the court.
The central bank filed the case with Motijheel Police Station in February last year after unknown hackers stole $81 million from its account maintained with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The CID was given the charge of investigating the case filed under Money Laundering Prevention Act and the ICT Act.
About $15 million of the stolen reserves that made it to Manila-based Rizal Commercial Banking Corp was returned to Bangladesh,
and efforts to recover the remaining amount has been continuing.
The high-profile theft perhaps raised questions globally about the efficiency of systems to secure the transaction between banks.
A probe committee formed by the Bangladesh Bank headed by former governor Mohammed Farashuddin submitted its report to the Finance Ministry on May 30 last year. But Finance Minister AMA Muhith did not release the committee’s report despite repeated pledges.
The investigator of the central bank’s reserves heist failed to submit charges for the 13th time yesterday.
Magistrate AKM Mainuddin Siddiqi of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Tuesday fixed May 21 as the next deadline for submission of the report.
The Criminal Investigation Department’s Additional Superintendent Raihan Uddin Khan could not submit the charge sheet of the case, said Recording Officer Jalaluddin, a Sub-Inspector (SI) of the court.
The central bank filed the case with Motijheel Police Station in February last year after unknown hackers stole $81 million from its account maintained with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The CID was given the charge of investigating the case filed under Money Laundering Prevention Act and the ICT Act.
About $15 million of the stolen reserves that made it to Manila-based Rizal Commercial Banking Corp was returned to Bangladesh,
and efforts to recover the remaining amount has been continuing.
The high-profile theft perhaps raised questions globally about the efficiency of systems to secure the transaction between banks.
A probe committee formed by the Bangladesh Bank headed by former governor Mohammed Farashuddin submitted its report to the Finance Ministry on May 30 last year. But Finance Minister AMA Muhith did not release the committee’s report despite repeated pledges.
