A Dhaka court has asked Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit the probe report, in the case filed over the $101m heist from Bangladesh Bank's reserve, on August 1.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury set the date, after CID failed to submit a report on Tuesday – which was the submission date, fixed earlier.
On March 22, 2016, the then Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbubur Rahman allowed CID to conduct forensic tests on the hard disks of three Bangladesh Bank computers.
The three hard disks were seized from Bangladesh Bank, after the heist occurred.
Hackers stole $101 m from BB’s accounts with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February 2016. Of the stolen 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 failed because of a spelling error by the hackers. Later, the BB was able to retrieve only 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 case was filed under the Money Laundering Act, Information and Communication Technology Act, and Bangladesh Penal Code.
