DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Cyclone Roanu was poised to make landfall in southern Bangladesh Saturday, as strong winds and heavy downpours unleashed by the storm left five people dead and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. Officials said the cyclone was expected to hit the Bangladesh coast around 12:00 pm local time (0600 GMT) packing winds of 88 kilometres (54 miles) per hour. Authorities took 60,000 people to cyclone shelters following a warning that […]
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FBI suspects insiders in $81 mn Bangladesh central bank theft: report
WASHINTON, United States (AFP) — The US Federal Bureau of Investigation suspects the computer hacking theft of $81 million from Bangladesh’s central bank was in part an inside job, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Quoting sources familiar with the matter, the Journal said FBI agents investigating the case “have found evidence pointing to at least one bank employee acting as an accomplice.” But it added that “a handful of others” may have also aided […]
Gay rights activist among two hacked to death in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Two leading gay rights activists were hacked to death Monday at an apartment in Bangladesh’s capital, police said, the latest deadly attack on minorities in the Muslim-majority nation. Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman Maruf Hossain Sorder said at least six men entered the seven-storey building, saying they were there to deliver a parcel to the home of one of the victims. “Unidentified attackers entered an apartment at Kalabagan and hacked two people […]
Bangladesh identifies 20 suspects in the attack on its central bank
QUEZON City, Philippines – With the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Bangladesh police was able to identify 12 Filipinos and 8 Sri Lankans as suspects for the theft of the $100 million from the Bangladesh Central Bank. Said suspects are those that were paid to facilitate the theft and not the actual hackers. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded […]
Deguito, pinag-aaralan kung magiging state witness sa money laundering scandal
(Eagle News) — Pinag-aaralan na ng kampo ni Maia Santos Deguito na maging state witness sa $81 million-dollar scheme matapos sampahan ng kabi -kabilang kaso dulot ng nasabing pagnanakaw ng pera sa Central Bank ng Bangladesh. Ayon sa abogado ni Deguito na si Atty. Ferdinand Topacio, naghuhugas-kamay lang aniya ang Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) na siya umanong dapat managot sa laundered money kaya idinidiin ang kaniyang kliyente. “Ang ginagawa lang ng RCBC para salbahin […]
Bangladesh, may lead na sa identity ng hackers
(Eagle News) — Mayroon nang lead ang Government of Bangladesh sa pagkakakilanlan ng mga hacker na umatake sa kanilang account sa Federal Reserve Bank of New York at nagnakaw ng $81 million sa Central Bank of Bangladesh. Ayon kay Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines John Gomes, nasa 20 mga indibiduwal mula sa iba’t ibang bansa ang sinasabing nasa likod ng grupong nagtangkang limasin ang kaban ng Bangladesh sa pamamagitan ng hacking. Dagdag pa nito, hindi […]
Bangladesh acquires lead regarding hackers
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 […]
Philrem to return Php 10M – Bangladesh envoy
MANILA, Philippines – The Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines stated that he received information that Philrem will return Php 10 million to Bangladesh. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by Lovely Ann Cruz) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj8KKITkCYc&feature=youtu.be
Negosyanteng si Kim Wong, isinauli ang P38.28 M ng “laundered money” sa BSP
Ni Meane Corvera (Eagle News) – Isinauli na ng negosyanteng si Kim Wong sa Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas at Anti-Money laundering Council ang P38.28 million na bahagi ng ninakaw sa Central Bank ng Bangladesh. Ayon kay AMLC director Julia Bacay Abad, nagmula ang pera sa Eastern Hawaii Corporation, isa sa mga kumpanyang pag aari ni Kim Wong. Sumaksi sa turn-over ceremony si Abad, mga opisyal ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas at si Bangladesh Ambassador to […]
Philippines recovers $4.63 million stolen from Bangladesh
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 […]
Asia most exposed to disasters, Africa most vulnerable: study
PARIS, France (AFP) — Countries and mega-cities across Asia are highly exposed to natural hazards ranging from cyclones to earthquakes, but people in sub-Saharan Africa are more vulnerable, according to a report released Wednesday. Nearly 1.4 billion people in South Asia — India, Bangladesh, Pakistan — face at least one major threat from Nature, especially flooding, severe storms boosted by rising seas, and quakes. In the case of Bangladesh, 100 percent of its population is […]
Charges sought in $81 mn Philippine money-laundering scandal
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A watchdog body on Tuesday sought criminal charges against two suspects allegedly behind an $81 million money-laundering scandal that has shaken the Philippines. The Anti-Money Laundering Council asked Justice Department prosecutors to file charges against businessman Kim Wong and Chinese casino junket operator Weikang Xu for their alleged role in laundering the sum stolen from Bangladesh’s foreign reserves through the Philippines. The hackers managed to transfer the $81 million from the account […]
