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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York and British authorities on Monday slapped nearly $630 million in fines on German banking giant Deutsche Bank over alleged money laundering in Russia, New York State’s Department of Financial Services announced. The scheme illegally moved $10 billion out of Russia, using so-called mirror trades among the bank’s Moscow, London, and New York offices, authorities said. The US Justice Department also is investigating the matter. The fines were the latest […]
(Eagle News) — Sinampahan ng Bureau of Internal Rrevenue (BIR) ng kasong tax evasion ang kumpanyang Philrem Service Corporation. Ang Philrem ay ang kumpanyang nadawit sa $81-million money laundering scheme sa perang ninakaw mula sa Bangladesh Bank Isinampa ng BIR ang kaso sa Department of Justice laban sa Philrem at sa mag-asawang may-ari nito dahil sa hindi pagbabayad ng buwis na aabot sa P35. 61 million. Partikular na kinasuhan sina Philrem president Salud Bautista at […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said it would back all legal processes that aim to ensure the integrity of banking transactions in the Philippines, amid the investigation for the cyber theft of US$81 million from the central bank of Bangladesh. In a statement, Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma said that “the government supports all legal processes that are observed to ensure the integrity of all banking and financial transactions in the Philippines.” “The Anti-Money Laundering Council has […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Senate is now considering the possibility of asking for assistance from the International Criminal Police Organization or Interpol in order to locate primary suspects in the money-laundering scam that resulted in the theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh Central Bank. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines – According to Senator Serge Osmeña, the Philippines will find it difficult arresting two other Chinese businessmen revealed by Kim Wong during the Senate hearing to be involved in the $81 million money-laundering scam. According to reports, said Chinese businessmen are now outside the country. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
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 […]
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 […]
by Karl Malakunas MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — When mystery hackers launched a stunning raid on Bangladesh’s foreign reserves, a plot worthy of a John le Carre spy novel was sparked in the Philippines, exposing the Southeast Asian nation as a dirty money haven. The $81 million stolen from the Bangladesh central bank’s American accounts last month was immediately sent via electronic transfer to the Philippines’ RCBC bank, with the thieves deliberately targeting their laundering location. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Philippine banker shifted $81 million stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank into various accounts because she feared for her life, her colleague told a parliamentary investigation on Thursday. Maia Deguito, manager of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) branch in Manila’s financial district could only muster a blank stare when discussing the dirty money, said Romualdo Agarrado, a senior officer in the same branch. “She just looked at me with a […]
