Bangladesh Bank building at Motijheel Mehedi Hasan/ Dhaka TribuneThe funds were stolen from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February 2016Bangladesh Bank has filed a lawsuit with a United States federal court in New York, over the $81 million stolen from its reserve account. The funds were stolen from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February of 2016. Also Read- BB reserve heist: Lawsuit to be filed with NY court FridayFollowing the return of our team, we will disclose all information regarding this lawsuit.”According to a central bank source, a team of senior BB officials went to New York on Sunday to file the lawsuit with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. On February 5, 2016, unidentified hackers stole $101 million from Bangladesh Bank's account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, using fake orders on the SWIFT payment system. The lawsuit comes three years after the cyber heist, which saw $81 million siphoned off to accounts at RCBC.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 01, 2019 03:33 UTC