MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice filed an anti-money laundering charge against five more officials of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp over the $81-million cyber heist in 2016. In a resolution made public Wednesday, the DOJ denied the bank officials’ motion for reconsideration due to lack of merit. Assistant State Prosecutor Mary Jane Sytat wrote the resolution, approved by Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon. READ: DOJ: Bangladesh Bank heist case not yet closedRCBC: Case will be dismissedLawyer Thea Daep, legal counsel for RCBC, expressed confidence that the case against the five bank officials would be dismissed. The court was convinced that Deguito did not only facilitate the illegal bank transactions but also “coordinated and corroborated” their execution and implementation.

Source: Philippine Star May 22, 2019 08:15 UTC