Bangladesh Bank officials say to meet NY Fed, SWIFT; seek to recover stolen money


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  • Thursday, 05 May 2016

Recovery meeting: Bangladesh's central bank chief will meet the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a senior executive from SWIFT next week to seek the recovery of about US$81mil (RM323.28mil) stolen by hackers. — Reuters

DHAKA: Bangladesh's central bank chief will meet the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a senior executive from global financial messaging service SWIFT next week to seek the recovery of about US$81mil (RM323.28mil) stolen by hackers, officials in Dhaka said.

Two Bangladesh Bank officials said the bank believed both the New York Fed and SWIFT bore some responsibility for the February cyber heist. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity since they were not authorised to brief the media.

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