BB heist: Two CID officials fly to Philippines 

Staff Correspondent: Two officials of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) have flown to Philippines to return the money hacked from the account of Bangladesh Bank at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York.

They are Mollah Nazrul Islam, superintendent of Police (SP) of Special Branch and Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Raihan Uddin Khan. They both are involved in the investigation into the matter, according Shah Alam, Additional Deputy Inspector General (ADIG) of CID.

He said on Tuesday noon the two officials will scrutinize different things into the matter during their four-day visit.

It known that they will hold meetings with Department of Justice of Philippines' Central Bank, Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), Presidential Commission and Good Governance (PCGG) and Solicitor General Office during their 6 to 9 June visit.

They will also present some documents of the investigation found against the reserve money heist, the sources said.

On February 4, 2016, Unknown cyber criminals tried to steal nearly $1 billion from Bangladesh Bank in February and managed to make off with $81 million via an account at the New York Federal Reserve. That was transferred to four accounts with bogus names at one RCBC branch in Manila before vanishing.


risingbd/Dhaka/June 6, 2017/Maksud/A K Azad