CID officials' meeting with FBI representatives underway

Bangladesh Police's Criminal Investigation Department's (CID) officials are now at a meeting with the representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States of America.

 

The meeting started at Minto Road of the capital on Sunday noon.

 

Bangladesh has formally sought assistance from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to track down the cyber crooks who stole $81 million from its central bank’s U.S. account.

 

Unknown hackers breached the computer systems of Bangladesh Bank in early February and attempted to steal $951 million from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which it uses for international settlements.

 

Some attempted transfers were blocked, but $81 million was transferred to accounts in the Philippines in one of the largest cyber heists in history, reports the Fortune.

 

The central bank governor resigned on Tuesday, as details emerged in the Philippines that $30 million of the money was delivered in cash to a casino junket operator in Manila, while the rest went to two casinos.

 

“We sought the FBI’s assistance when a group of FBI met with me for investigating the central bank heist last month,” Interior Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told Reuters.

 

An U.S. embassy official in Dhaka told Washington stood ready to assist the government of Bangladesh in its investigation.

 

A senior police official involved in the investigation said that the CID was also coordinating with Interpol to track down the perpetrators.

 

“We are trying to find out what type of security there was, what safety measures were taken, and how the thieves penetrated the fire wall,” he said.

 

 

 

 

The article has been written with some input from the Fortune and Reuters