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BB reserve heist, CID asked to submit report Feb 14

Court Correspondent :
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit investigation report on February 14 in the case filed over Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016.
Metropolitan Magis-trate Rajesh Chowdhury of Dhaka CMM Court set the new date as the investigation agency CID could not submit the report on Sunday.
Hackers stole $101 million from BB account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February 2016. Of the amount, $81 million was transferred to four accounts with RCBC in Manila and another $20 million to a bank in Sri Lanka.
But the transfer of $20 million to Sri Lanka was not realized because of a spelling error by the hackers. Later, the central bank was able to retrieve about $15 million from the Philippines.
Bangladesh Bank Deputy Director (Accounts and Budgeting) Zobayer Bin Huda filed the case with Motijheel Police Station on March 15, 2016.
The Criminal Investigation Department is now investigating the incident.