BB reserve heist probe report delayed for 73rd time
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The deadline for submitting the probe report of the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist case has been deferred for the 73rd time.
Metropolitan Magistrate Debabrata Biswas set March 29 as new date as the investigation agency CID could not submit the report today.
Earlier on January 23 this year, Metropolitan Magistrate Ahsan Chowdhury set February 24 for the submission.
Hackers stole $101 million from Bangladesh Bank's accounts with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February, 2016.
Of the amount, $81 million was transferred to four accounts with the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp in Manila, the Philippines, and another $20 million to a bank in Sri Lanka.
However, the transfer of $20 million to Sri Lanka failed because of a spelling error by the hackers.
Later, the Bangladesh 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.
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