The court has established a new deadline for the submission of the investigation report regarding the reserve theft case, now set for September 29. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police is currently investigating the case related to the Bangladesh Bank reserve theft.
Originally, the report was due to be submitted on Tuesday, August 26. However, since the CID was unable to meet this deadline, Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Zakir Hossain, has rescheduled the submission date.
On February 5, 2016, a total of $81 million was stolen from the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States using the SWIFT code.
Subsequently, the funds were transferred to the Philippines. Those involved suspect that a hacker group facilitated the laundering of the reserve funds with assistance from a domestic gang.
In connection with this incident, on March 15 of the same year, Jobair Bin Huda, who is the Deputy Director of the Accounts and Budgeting Department at Bangladesh Bank, lodged a complaint at Motijheel Police Station. This was done under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act-2012 (Amendment 2015) and Sections 54 and 379 of the Information and Technology Act-2006, naming unknown individuals as the accused.
