Link of 20 foreigners in BB fund heist found: CID

At least 20 foreign nationals have been identified for their suspected involvement in the theft of $ 101 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account with US Federal Reserve Bank, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has said.

CID Additional Deputy Inspector General Shah Alam made the disclosure while responding to the journalists at a media briefing at the CID office in Dhaka on Monday.

“Involvements of 20 foreign nationals have been found in the Bangladesh Bank fund heist. Of them, some are from Sri Lanka and some are from Philippines,” said the CID official.  

The investigation also found evidence of negligence by Bangladesh Bank officials, he said adding that details in this regard will be disclosed latter as investigation is underway till now.

On February 4, hackers stole US$101 million from the Bangladesh Bank’s account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.  Of the stolen money, $81 million were wire-transferred to bank accounts in the Philippines and $20 million to Sri Lanka.