Immediately after the incident, Mustafa Kamal said, the government took all possible measures to recover the stolen money, identify the persons and organizations involved in the cyber heist, and prevent the recurrence of such incidents, he said. In continuation of this process, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police was given the responsibility for further investigation into the incident. Bangladesh recovered $20 million of the stolen money from Sri Lanka and brought back $14.63 million from the Philippines, Mustafa Kamal said, adding that the government is doing its best to bring back the remaining $66.37 million stolen money. Noting the cyber heist is an international criminal activity, the finance minister said several overseas organizations were involved in it. Having sufficient evidence from the FBI and the Philippines, Bangladesh appointed an US legal firm in June 2018 to file the case with the US court in the cyber heist.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 19, 2019 16:07 UTC