The CID has taken a total of 74 days to date to complete the investigation of the case filed in 2016 regarding the reserve theft of 101 million dollars from the account of Bangladesh Bank at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
A court in Dhaka has once again ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police to submit the investigation report of the Bangladesh Bank reserve theft case by November 9.
The Additional Superintendent of Police and investigation officer of the case, Raihan Uddin Khan, did not submit the investigation report by today, so Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury gave this order.
The CID has taken a total of 74 times till date to complete the investigation of the case filed in 2016 regarding the theft of 101 million dollars from the account of Bangladesh Bank at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
From there, at least US$81 billion was transferred to the accounts of the Manila-based RCBC. Then it is spent in the casinos in the Philippines.
On March 15, 2016, Bangladesh Bank Deputy Director (Accounts and Budget) Zobair bin Huda filed the case at Motijheel police station.So far Bangladesh has recovered $15 million from RCBC and another $20 million sent to a bank in Sri Lanka.
On February 1 this year, Bangladesh Bank filed a case against Rizal Bank in the United States court to recover the stolen 66 million dollars.
