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(Eagle News) — The Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. is considering filing a lawsuit against the Bangladesh Central Bank (BB). In a statement, RCBC said this was following claims made by BB that the Philippine bank had a hand in the $81-million cyberheist two years ago. BB also recently said it would file a lawsuit against RCBC over the incident. “RCBC has had it..,We will not allow them to continue to malign RCBC,” RCBC said. According to […]
The Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. on Tuesday accused Bangladesh’s Central Bank (BB) of a “massive cover-up” over an $81-million cyber-heist last year, as it rejected allegations it was mostly to blame. The statement came after Dhaka, Bangladesh’s Finance Minister A.M.A Muhith said over the weekend he wanted to “wipe out” RCBC, apparently frustrated over the small amount of money recovered from the overall amount stolen from BB. “Last year’s theft of $81 million of (BB) funds was […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The summary hearing regarding the returning of the money stolen from the Bangladesh Central Bank was set on May 2, in the Regional Trial Court of Manaila, Sala of Judge Reynaldo Alhambra. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines, the Bangladeshi government now has a lead regarding the identities of the hackers behind the attack on the Bangladesh Central Bank which resulted in the $81 million money-laundering scam in the Philippines. Without revealing any details, the Bangladeshi ambassador said that the hackers are neither Filipinos or Bangladeshi. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by […]
MANILA, Philippines – Representatives from the Bangladesh Central Bank will go to the Philippines to retrieve the $4.6 million returned by businessman Kim Wong. Said amount is part of the $81 million stolen from the Bangladesh Central Bank by hackers. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — More than $4.5 million of tens of millions recently stolen from Bangladesh and funneled into Philippine casinos was recovered Thursday, as a lawmaker in Manila said almost half the haul could still be salvaged. On February 5, unidentified hackers shifted $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank’s account with the US Federal Reserve to a nondescript bank in Manila, and then to the casinos where the trail went cold. Representatives for […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Malacañang is expecting that the investigation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee into the money-laundering scandal involving $81 million from Bangladesh Central Bank. According to Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office Undersecretary Manuel Quezon III, the committee should be able to identify the extent of the liability of the bank involved in the said money-laundering case. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded […]
MANILA, Philippines – The remittance company, Philrem, will return the profits that it garnered from the $81 million international money laundering scheme against the Bangladesh Central Bank. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
DHAKA, Bangladesh – The Bangladesh police will start its own investigation regarding the $81 million international money-laundering scheme, which is considered as one of the largest cyber-theft incident in history. The police is currently focusing its efforts in learning the identities of the hackers that robbed the Bangladesh Central Bank. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Ni Meanne Corvera (Eagle News) — Lalo pang nadikdik sa pagdinig ng Senado ang branch manager ng RCBC sa Makati na si Maia Santos Deguito sa nangyaring money laundering sa Bangladesh Central Bank. Sa pagpapatuloy ng pagdinig ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, kinumpirma ni Atty. Macel Fernandez Estavillo, head ng legal and regulatory afairs ng RCBC na lumilitaw sa kanilang internal investigation na si De Guito ang nagbukas ng bogus bank accounts sa pangalan ng […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh – In connection with the $81 million bank heist, the governor of the Bangladesh Central Bank resigned amidst the Senate investigation in the Philippines regarding money laundering activities. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
THE ministry of finance of Bangladesh will issue a statement involving unknown hackers who breached their central bank systems and managed to get 81 million US dollars. The Bangladesh central bank confirmed that the cyber criminals withdraw a $1 billion in US bank account and transfer a total of about 81 million US dollars in the Philippine bank last February 4 and 5. (Eagle News Service)
