A Dhaka court has set August 9 as the new date for submission of the investigation report in the 2016 Bangladesh Bank reserve heist case, marking the 96th time the deadline has been postponed.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam issued the order on Thursday after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is handling the case, failed to submit its report by the scheduled date.
On February 5, 2016, hackers stole $81 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York using fraudulent SWIFT transfer orders. The stolen funds were routed to the Philippines.
Investigators believe the theft was carried out with assistance from an internal network. On March 15, 2016, Zobaer Bin Huda, deputy director of Bangladesh Bank’s Accounts and Budgeting Department, filed a case at Motijheel police station against unidentified individuals under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 (amended 2015) and sections 54 and 379 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006.
The CID is currently investigating the case. The repeated postponements have drawn criticism, with the investigation now spanning more than a decade without a final report.
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